INCI ingredient

Sodium Tallowate

Sodium Tallowate appears on 61 ingredient lists in our database, most often in bar soaps.

What it triggers

If a product lists Sodium Tallowate, its vegan answer is No. Nothing else changes.

Sodium Tallowate appears on 61 ingredient lists in our database, most often in bar soaps.

On the label it counts as vegan, which is why a product that lists it cannot be vegan.

We have not written the plain-language note for this ingredient yet; the facts above come straight from how it is classified.

Functions: cleansing, surfactant - emulsifying, surfactant - foam boosting, surfactant - cleansing, viscosity controlling

in 61 products

Showing 24 of 61 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

Functions listed by CosIng

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.
surfactant - foam boosting: Increasing foaming capacity and/or stabilize foams in general.
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 8052-48-0 · EC 232-491-4

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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