A sodium soap made from cocoa butter fatty acids.
What it is
Sodium cocoa butterate is the sodium salt of the fatty acids derived from cocoa butter (Theobroma cacao seed butter), in other words a soap. CosIng lists it as a cleansing agent and cleansing surfactant.
Where it is used
Found mainly in bar soaps and other solid 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 this name usually indicates that cocoa butter was saponified during manufacture; the label does not show how much.
Functions
- Cleansing
- Helping to keep the body surface clean.
- 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 (10)
- Ogórek – naturalne mydło peelingujące · Ministerstwo Dobrego Mydła
- Rozmaryn – mydło naturalne · 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
- Bare Bar Citrus Burst Natural Soap · Bare Bar