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INCI ingredient

Sodium Lauryl Ether Sulfate

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

Sodium Lauryl Ether Sulfate appears on 17 ingredient lists in our database, most often in 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 Lauryl Ether Sulfate, its sulfate-free answer is No. Nothing else changes.

What it does

Sodium Lauryl Ether Sulfate appears on 17 ingredient lists in our database, most often in shower gels.

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 Lauryl Ether Sulfate

in 17 products

Showing 17 of 17 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