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INCI ingredient

Sodium Caproyl/Lauroyl Lactylate

Also listed as: Sodium Caproyl/ Lauroyl Lactylate

Sodium Caproyl/Lauroyl Lactylate appears on 11 ingredient lists in our database, most often in deodorants.

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

Sodium Caproyl/Lauroyl Lactylate appears on 11 ingredient lists in our database, most often in deodorants.

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: anti-seborrheic, antimicrobial, cleansing, surfactant - emulsifying, surfactant - cleansing

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • anti-seborrheic
  • antimicrobial
  • cleansing
  • surfactant - emulsifying
  • surfactant - cleansing
  • anti-seborrheic: Preventing or relieving the symptoms of seborrhea and/or seborrheic dermatitis, including dandruff.
  • antimicrobial: Preventing and/or slowing down microbial growth.
  • cleansing: Helping to keep the body surface clean.
  • surfactant - emulsifying: Helping suspensions or dispersions of liquids in a second liquid by reducing the surface tension of the substances to be emulsified.

CAS 13557-74-9/13557-75-0

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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