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INCI ingredient

Sodium Methyl Cocoyl Taurate

Sodium Methyl Cocoyl Taurate appears on 162 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
  • SulfateNonot a sulfate surfactant
  • SiliconeNonot a silicone
  • AlcoholNonot a drying alcohol

What it does

Sodium Methyl Cocoyl Taurate appears on 162 ingredient lists in our database, most often in toothpastes.

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: surfactant - cleansing

Products with Sodium Methyl Cocoyl Taurate

in 162 products

Showing 24 of 162 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • surfactant - cleansing
  • 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 12765-39-8; 61791-42-2 · EC -; 263-174-9

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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