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INCI ingredient

Sodium Tallowate B

Also listed as: Sodium Tallowate

Sodium Tallowate B appears on 2 ingredient lists in our database, most often in bar soaps.

What it triggers

  • Vegan originNoanimal-derived
  • FragranceNonot a perfume ingredient
  • ParabenNonot a preservative of this family
  • SulfateNonot a sulfate surfactant
  • SiliconeNonot a silicone
  • AlcoholNonot a drying alcohol

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

What it does

Sodium Tallowate B appears on 2 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

Products with Sodium Tallowate B

in 2 products

Showing 2 of 2 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • cleansing
  • surfactant - emulsifying
  • surfactant - foam boosting
  • surfactant - cleansing
  • viscosity controlling
  • 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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