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INCI ingredient

Trideceth-2 Carboxamide MEA

Trideceth-2 Carboxamide MEA appears on 44 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

Trideceth-2 Carboxamide MEA appears on 44 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: surfactant - foam boosting, surfactant - cleansing, viscosity controlling

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • surfactant - foam boosting
  • surfactant - cleansing
  • viscosity controlling
  • 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).
  • viscosity controlling: Increasing or decreasing the viscosity (thickness) of cosmetics.

CAS 107628-04-6

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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