A sugar ester of lauric acid used as an emulsifier and mild surfactant.
What it is
Sucrose laurate is the ester of sucrose (sugar) and lauric acid. CosIng lists it as an emollient, skin-conditioning agent and emulsifying and cleansing surfactant.
Where it is used
Used in cleansers, micellar waters, shampoos, creams and serums.
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 INCI name does not reveal whether the lauric acid is of plant or synthetic origin.
Functions
- Skin conditioning – emollient
- Acting as lubricants on the skin surface providing the skin with a soft and smooth appearance.
- Surfactant – emulsifying
- Helping suspensions or dispersions of liquids in a second liquid by reducing the surface tension of the substances to be emulsified.
- Skin conditioning
- Maintaining the skin in good condition.
- 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 (32)
- Anti-Wrinkle & Revitalize Oil Serum · Lumene
- Gelée d'huile exfoliante · Payot
- Melting Cleansing Oil · Madara
- Into Retinal odnawiające serum z retinalem 0,05% · Resibo
- Total Retinal zaawansowane serum z retinalem · Resibo
- Bell HYPOAllergenic LIQUID EYELINER · Bell
- Bell HYPOAllergenic x BESTIES LIQUID EYELINER · Bell
- BELL x GENZIE LIQUID EYELINER · Bell
- RLM x BELL 2in1 LINER&SHADOW BRASSY · Bell
- RLM x BELL 2in1 LINER&SHADOW GRASSY · Bell
- RLM x BELL MAT EYELINER · Bell
- Oczyszczający Koncentrat z Olejem Lnianym Olejek Emulgujący do Mycia Twarzy · Polny Warkocz