INCI ingredient

Sodium Methyl Lauroyl Taurate

Sodium Methyl Lauroyl Taurate appears on 28 ingredient lists in our database, most often in shavings.

What it triggers

Sodium Methyl Lauroyl Taurate appears on 28 ingredient lists in our database, most often in shavings.

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: cleansing, foaming, surfactant - cleansing

in 28 products

Showing 24 of 28 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

Functions listed by CosIng

cleansing: Helping to keep the body surface clean.
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 4337-75-1 · EC 224-388-8

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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