A soap made from castor oil fatty acids, used as a cleanser and emulsifier.
What it is
Sodium castorate is the sodium salt of the fatty acids of castor oil, so it is a type of soap. CosIng lists it as an emulsifying and cleansing surfactant.
Where it is used
Found in bar soaps, liquid soaps and other cleansing products.
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.
On soap labels it indicates that castor oil was saponified; the label does not show its share in the soap base.
Functions
- 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.
Products with this ingredient (17)
- Ogórek – naturalne mydło peelingujące · Ministerstwo Dobrego Mydła
- Rozmaryn – mydło naturalne · Ministerstwo Dobrego Mydła
- Ryż – naturalne mydło hipoalergiczne · Ministerstwo Dobrego Mydła
- Nagietek – naturalne mydło hipoalergiczne · Ministerstwo Dobrego Mydła
- Lawenda – mydło naturalne · Ministerstwo Dobrego Mydła
- Kawa – naturalne mydło peelingujące · Ministerstwo Dobrego Mydła
- Hibiskus – mydło naturalne · Ministerstwo Dobrego Mydła
- Czerwony Pieprz – mydło naturalne · Ministerstwo Dobrego Mydła
- Cynamon – naturalne mydło peelingujące · Ministerstwo Dobrego Mydła
- Banan – mydło naturalne · Ministerstwo Dobrego Mydła
- Ananas – mydło naturalne · Ministerstwo Dobrego Mydła
- Original Gangsta Cold Process Cleansing Bar · Hank Brussels