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INCI ingredient

Sodium Lauryl Sulphate

Sodium Lauryl Sulphate appears on 16 ingredient lists in our database, most often in toothpastes.

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

What it does

Sodium Lauryl Sulphate appears on 16 ingredient lists in our database, most often in toothpastes.

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.

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