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INCI ingredient

Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate

Also listed as: Sodium/Aluminum/Iron/Sulfate/Oxalate/Hydroxide

Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate appears on 2 ingredient lists in our database, most often in liquid soaps.

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 Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate, its sulfate-free answer is No. Nothing else changes.

What it does

Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate appears on 2 ingredient lists in our database, most often in liquid soaps.

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: antimicrobial, chelating, deodorant, humectant, opacifying

Products with Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate

in 2 products

Showing 2 of 2 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • antimicrobial
  • chelating
  • deodorant
  • humectant
  • opacifying
  • antimicrobial: Preventing and/or slowing down microbial growth.
  • chelating: Forming complexes with metal ions which could affect the stability and/or appearance of cosmetics.
  • deodorant: Reducing and/or eluminating unpleasant odour. Contributing against the formation of malodour on body surfaces.
  • humectant: Retaining and/or preserving the moisture in a product during use.
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.

Sulfate-free instead

Classification from the INCI name; product lists from Open Beauty Facts.Report a mistake