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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.

Ingredients with the SURFACTANT function

Watermelon Seed Oil PEG-8 Esters is the product obtained by the transesterification of PEG-8 with Citrillus Lanatus (Watermelon) Seed Oil

Wheat Germ Oil Glycereth-8 Esters is the product obtained by the transesterification of Glycereth-8 and Triticum Vulgare (Wheat) Germ Oil

Wheat Germ Oil PEG-8 Esters is the product obtained by the transesterification of Triticum Vulgare (Wheat) Germ Oil and PEG-8

Wheat Germamide DEA is a mixture of diethanolamides of Wheat Germ Acid

CAS 124046-39-5III/60

1-Propanaminium, N-carboxymethyl-N,N-dimethyl-3-amino-, N-wheat germ acyl derivs., hydroxides, inner salts

CAS 133934-09-5

Xylitan Caprylate is the monoester of Caprylic Acid and the hexitol anhydrides derived from Xylitol.

Xylitan Sesquicaprylate is a mixture of mono and diesters of Caprylic Acid and hexitol anhydrides derived from Xylitol.

Xylityl Cocoate is the product obtained by the reaction of Xylitol with Coconut Acid.

CAS 2102514-40-7

Xylityl Sesquicaprylate is a mixture of mono- and diesters of Caprylic Acid and the hexitol anhydrides derived from Xylitol.

CAS 181632-90-6

Zea Mays Oil is the refined fixed oil obtained from wet milling of the Corn, Zea mays L., Gramineae. It consists primarily of the glyceride…

CAS 8001-30-7

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

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.