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INCI ingredient

Ammonium Thiolactate

Ammonium Thiolactate appears on 2 ingredient lists in our database, most often in hair dyes.

What it triggers

  • Vegan originYesno animal source
  • FragranceNonot a perfume ingredient
  • ParabenNonot a preservative of this family
  • SulfateNonot a sulfate surfactant
  • SiliconeNonot a silicone
  • AlcoholNonot a drying alcohol

What it does

Ammonium Thiolactate appears on 2 ingredient lists in our database, most often in hair dyes.

It does not belong to any of the six groups we check, so it never changes a verdict.

We have not written the plain-language note for this ingredient yet; the facts above come straight from how it is classified.

Functions: depilatory, hair waving or straightening, reducing

Products with Ammonium Thiolactate

in 2 products

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • depilatory
  • hair waving or straightening
  • reducing
  • depilatory: Breaking down the the mechanical strength of hair fibers so that they can be removed by mild scraping/rubbing.
  • hair waving or straightening: Modifying the chemical structure of the hair, allowing it to be set in the style required (permanent waves or hair straightening).
  • reducing: Changing the chemical nature of another ingredient by adding hydrogen (or removing oxygen).

CAS 13419-67-5 · EC 236-526-4

EU regulation

Not on a restricted-substances annex. Listed as an allowed cosmetic ingredient.

Source: CosIng, European Commission. Informative, no legal value; the regulation text is the reference.

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