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INCI ingredient

Soytrimonium Chloride

Soytrimonium Chloride appears on 13 ingredient lists in our database, most often in hair dyes.

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

Soytrimonium Chloride appears on 13 ingredient lists in our database, most often in hair dyes.

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: antistatic, surfactant - emulsifying, hair conditioning, preservative, surfactant - cleansing

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • antistatic
  • surfactant - emulsifying
  • hair conditioning
  • preservative
  • surfactant - cleansing
  • antistatic: Preventing and/or reducing static electricity by neutralising electrical charge on surfaces.
  • surfactant - emulsifying: Helping suspensions or dispersions of liquids in a second liquid by reducing the surface tension of the substances to be emulsified.
  • hair conditioning: Enhancing the appearance and feel of hair. Leaving the hair easy to comb, supple, soft and shiny and/or imparting volume, lightness, gloss, texture, etc.
  • preservative: Exclusively or mainly intended to inhibit the development of micro-organisms in the cosmetic product. All authorised preservatives are substances in the positive list of Annex V to the Cosmetics Regulation 1223/2009.

CAS 61790-41-8 · EC 263-134-0

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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