Ethoxylated glycerol esters of shea butter fatty acids, used as an emulsifier and cleansing ingredient.
What it is
Shea butter glycereth-8 esters is, according to CosIng, the product of transesterifying glycereth-8 (an ethoxylated glycerol) with shea butter from Butyrospermum parkii. CosIng lists it as a cleansing, emulsifying and cleansing surfactant ingredient.
Where it is used
Found in a small number of products, such as cleansing oils and cleansers.
Limits of interpretation
The INCI list shows which ingredients are present, not how much of each. Above 1%, ingredients are listed in descending order of weight; below 1% the order is free.
The number 8 is an average; the material contains chains of different lengths.
Functions
- 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 – cleansing
- Wetting body surfaces, emulsifying or solubilizing oils, and suspending soil (generally, such ingredients contribute to the foaming and lathering properties of cleansing products).
EU regulation
This ingredient is not listed in the annexes of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 in the CosIng data.