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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

SULFATED COCONUT OIL

85639

Sulfated Coconut Oil is the product obtained by the sulfation of Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil

CAS 68990-34-1

SUNFLOWER SEED OIL SORBITOL ESTERS

86381

Sunflower Seed Oil Sorbitol Esters is the product obtained by the transesterification of Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil with Sorbit…

CAS 96690-53-8

SUNFLOWERAMIDE MEA

83859

Amides, C8-18 and C18-unsatd., N-(hydroxyethyl); Sunfloweramide MEA is a mixture of ethanolamides of the fatty acids derived from Helianthu…

CAS 69227-24-3III/61

SUNFLOWEROYL METHYLGLUCAMIDE

94441

Sunfloweroyl Methylglucamide is the product obtained by the reaction of Methylglucamine with sunflower acid chloride.

CAS 1591782-99-8

SWEET ALMOND OIL PEG-8 ESTERS

59972

Sweet Almond Oil PEG-8 Esters is the product obtained by the transesterification of the Almond Tree, Prunus Amygdalus, Rosaceae Oil and PEG…

SWEET ALMOND OIL POLYGLYCERYL-4 ESTERS

88747

Sweet Almond Oil Polyglyceryl-4 Esters is the product obtained by the transesterification of Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil and…

CAS 1072006-19-9

TALLAMIDE DEA

38444

Amides, tall-oil fatty, N,N-bis(hydroxyethyl)

CAS 68155-20-4III/60

TALLOW BETAINE

80570

Methanaminium, N-methyl-N-carboxymethyl-N-tallow-alkyl-, hydroxides, inner salts

TALLOWAMIDOPROPYL BETAINE

80579

1-Propanaminium, 3-amino-N-(carboxymethyl)-N,N-dimethyl-, N-tallow acyl derivs., hydroxides, inner salts

CAS 91783-17-4

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.