Soap made from palm kernel oil.
What it is
Sodium palm kernelate is the sodium salt of palm kernel oil fatty acids – a soap that produces a quick, bubbly lather.
Where it is used
Bar soaps.
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.
Soap is alkaline; how drying a bar feels depends on the whole formula.
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 (136)
- Deluxe Beauty Soap · Tibet
- Refil Sabonete Líquido Carinho e Proteção · Dove
- Refil Sabonete Líquido Baby Dove Hidratação Enriquecida · Dove
- Sabonete Líquido Baby Dove Carinho e Proteção · Dove
- Baby Dove Rich Moisture Shampoo · Dove
- Original Beauty Cream Bar · Dove
- Shea Butter Beauty Cream Bar · Dove
- Cucumber Beauty Cream Bar · Dove
- Sensitive Beauty Cream Bar · Dove
- POMEGRANATE & SHEA BUTTER Scrub · Dove
- MACADAMIA & RICE MILK Scrub · Dove
- RELAXING LAVENDER beauty bar · Dove