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SURFACTANT

Helping other ingredients that normally do not mix to dissolve or disperse in one another. Surfactants lower the surface tension of water or reduce the interfacial tension between immiscible components.

Definition provenance: European Commission CosIng ingredient-function terminology.

4574 ingredients in the EU CosIng inventory carry the SURFACTANT function designation.

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Ingredients with the SURFACTANT function

POTASSIUM LINSEEDATE

90185

Potassium Linseedate is the potassium salt of the fatty acids derived from Linum Usitatissimum Seed Oil.

POTASSIUM OLIVATE

79637

Potassium salt of the fatty acids derived from Olea Europaea

CAS 68154-77-8

POTASSIUM OLIVATE/SUNFLOWERSEEDATE

92309

Potassium Olivate/Sunflowerseedate is the product obtained by the hydrolysis of a mixture of Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Oil and Helianthus…

POTASSIUM PEANUTATE

79644

Potassium salt of the fatty acids derived from Arachis hypogaea L., Leguminosae

CAS 61789-56-8

POTASSIUM RAPESEEDATE

79726

Potassium salt of the fatty acids derived from Brassica campestris, Brassicaceae

CAS 85995-94-4

POTASSIUM SHEA BUTTERATE

98394

Potassium Shea Butterate is the potassium salt of the fatty acids derived from Butyrospermum Parkii Butter.

PPG-1 TRIDECETH-13

87584

PPG-1 Trideceth-13 is the polyoxypropylene, polyoxyethylene ether of tridecyl alcohol that conforms generally to the formula: where x has a…

CAS 78330-23-1

These widely assigned CosIng terms provide populated comparison pages; they are not presented as semantic equivalents of the current function.

SKIN CONDITIONING · 13138HAIR CONDITIONING · 3619SKIN CONDITIONING - EMOLLIENT · 3586SURFACTANT - CLEANSING · 3218SURFACTANT - EMULSIFYING · 2924ANTIOXIDANT · 2907SKIN PROTECTING · 2784PERFUMING · 2778

How the SURFACTANT function is used in CosIng

The SURFACTANT function is assigned by the European Commission in the CosIng ingredient inventory. This page currently lists 4574 ingredients carrying that function label in the dataset, which helps you move from a functional claim to the exact ingredients that use it.

Helping other ingredients that normally do not mix to dissolve or disperse in one another. Surfactants lower the surface tension of water or reduce the interfacial tension between immiscible components.

Function assignments come from official EU CosIng data. They describe intended cosmetic use, but they do not replace regulatory review of each linked ingredient and any annex records tied to it.