Potassium Lauryl Sulfate
Potassium Lauryl Sulfate appears on 2 ingredient lists in our database, most often in shavings.
What it triggers
- Vegan originYesno animal source
- FragranceNonot a perfume ingredient
- ParabenNonot a preservative of this family
- SulfateYesa sulfate cleanser
- SiliconeNonot a silicone
- AlcoholNonot a drying alcohol
If a product lists Potassium Lauryl Sulfate, its sulfate-free answer is No. Nothing else changes.
What it does
Potassium Lauryl Sulfate appears on 2 ingredient lists in our database, most often in shavings.
On the label it counts as sulfate, which is why a product that lists it cannot be sulfate-free.
We have not written the plain-language note for this ingredient yet; the facts above come straight from how it is classified.
Functions: surfactant - emulsifying, surfactant - cleansing
Products with Potassium Lauryl Sulfate
in 2 products
- no photoSecrets de Provence Mon pain de rasageSecrets de Provence · shaving
N.a.e Shampoo Bar RepairingN.a.e · shampoo
Showing 2 of 2 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.
In the EU ingredient database
- surfactant - emulsifying
- surfactant - cleansing
- surfactant - emulsifying: Helping suspensions or dispersions of liquids in a second liquid by reducing the surface tension of the substances to be emulsified.
- surfactant - cleansing: Wetting body surfaces, emulsifying or solubilizing oils, and suspending soil (generally, such ingredients contribute to the foaming and lathering properties of cleansing products).
CAS 4706-78-9 · EC 225-190-4
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.
