Sucrose Polystearate
Sucrose Polystearate appears on 8 ingredient lists in our database, most often in sunscreens.
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
Sucrose Polystearate appears on 8 ingredient lists in our database, most often in sunscreens.
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: skin conditioning - emollient, surfactant - emulsifying, skin conditioning, surfactant - cleansing
Products with Sucrose Polystearate
in 8 products
- no photoNivea Sun Kids Spray Protecteur Hydratant FPS 50+Nivea · sunscreen
- no photoNivea SunNivea · sunscreen
- no photoClarins Extra-Firming EmulsionClarins
- no photoNIVEA SUN Sensitive Immediate Protect Spray SPF 50+Nivea · sunscreen
Regen skin DeliplusDeliplus · skin care- no photoBiocura Anti-âge Soin de jour Q10 ActiveBiocura · anti-aging face care
- no photoNivea Sun protect and moistureNivea · sunscreen
- no photoNivea Roll-on Sun Kids Soin Protecteur SolaireNivea · sunscreen
Showing 8 of 8 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.
In the EU ingredient database
- skin conditioning - emollient
- surfactant - emulsifying
- skin conditioning
- surfactant - cleansing
- skin conditioning - emollient: Acting as lubricants on the skin surface providing the skin with a soft and smooth appearance.
- surfactant - emulsifying: Helping suspensions or dispersions of liquids in a second liquid by reducing the surface tension of the substances to be emulsified.
- skin conditioning: Maintaining the skin in good condition.
- 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).
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.