The sodium salt of linoleic acid, a soap used as a cleansing agent and emulsifier.
What it is
Sodium linoleate is the sodium salt of linoleic acid, a polyunsaturated fatty acid found in many vegetable oils. As a fatty acid salt it is a soap. CosIng lists it as a cleansing agent, emulsifying and cleansing surfactant and viscosity-controlling agent.
Where it is used
Found in soaps, cleansers and shaving 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.
Sodium linoleate can also form in a product from linoleic acid and sodium hydroxide; the label does not show which way it was added.
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).
- Viscosity controlling
- Increasing or decreasing the viscosity (thickness) of cosmetics.
EU regulation
This ingredient is not listed in the annexes of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 in the CosIng data.
Products with this ingredient (13)
- Jabón Pastilla Individual Exfoliante · Dove
- Barra de belleza Pepino Hidratación Fresca · Dove
- Jabón Pastilla Individual Mandarina Hidratación Fresca · Dove
- Baby Jabón en barra Hidratación Enriquecida · Dove
- Barra de belleza Karité y Vainilla · Dove
- Men+Care Jabón Pastilla · Dove
- hipoalergiczne mydło dla niemowląt i dzieci · Nivea
- Dove · Unilever
- Bamboo · Rexona
- Creme care Soap · Nivea
- Cream Antibacterial Pack Familiar · Unilever
- Jabón de tocador Tododía · Natura