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INCI ingredient

Sodium Laureth Sulfate

Also listed as: SLES, Sodium Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Sodium Laureth Sülfate, Sodium Laureth Sulfate/Sodium C12-13 Pareth Sulfate

The most common sulfate cleanser in shampoos and shower gels.

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

What it does

Sodium laureth sulfate creates the rich foam people expect from a shampoo. It is milder than Sodium Lauryl Sulfate because of an added ethoxylated section, but it is still a sulfate.

If it is on the list, the sulfate-free answer is no.

Functions: surfactant, cleansing agent

Products with Sodium Laureth Sulfate

in 2,395 products

Showing 24 of 2,395 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • cleansing
  • surfactant - emulsifying
  • foaming
  • surfactant - cleansing
  • 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.
  • foaming: Traping numerous small bubbles of air or other gas within a small volume of liquid by modifying the surface tension of the liquid.
  • 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 3088-31-1 / 9004-82-4 / 68891-38-3 / 1335-72-4 / 68585-34-2 / 91648-56-5 · EC 221-416-0/ - / 500-234-8 / - / 500-223-8 / 293-918-8

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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