Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Acrylamide/Sodium Acryloyldimethyltaurate Copolymer in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Acrylamide/Sodium Acryloyldimethyltaurate Copolymer is a cosmetic ingredient that makes the product thicker or thinner. The EU allows it only with limits or conditions. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 28 products, most often makeup.

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What does Acrylamide/Sodium Acryloyldimethyltaurate Copolymer do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Acrylamide/Sodium Acryloyldimethyltaurate Copolymer makes the product thicker or thinner and keeps an emulsion from separating. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: viscosity controlling and emulsion stabilising.

viscosity controllingemulsion stabilising

What other names and numbers does Acrylamide/Sodium Acryloyldimethyltaurate Copolymer have?

CAS number
38193-60-1
CosIng reference
54260

Is Acrylamide/Sodium Acryloyldimethyltaurate Copolymer restricted in the EU?

Yes, it has limits. The EU allows it only with limits or conditions of use, such as a maximum amount or a warning on the label (Annex III of Regulation 1223/2009, entry 66).

The annex entry sets the exact limits, the products it may be used in and any warning the label must carry.

Which products contain Acrylamide/Sodium Acryloyldimethyltaurate Copolymer?

Open Beauty Facts finds Acrylamide/Sodium Acryloyldimethyltaurate Copolymer in the ingredient lists of 28 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often makeup, body lotion and body care.

  • Makeup2
  • Body lotion2
  • Body care1

Products with it, by country of sale: France 6 · Norway 6 · Australia 6 · Morocco 3.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Acrylamide/Sodium Acryloyldimethyltaurate Copolymer turns up, not how much of the market it is.

On these listsRestricted in the EU

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Sources

The job, the description and the EU annex entry are CosIng’s; the fragrance allergens are the EU Annex III names Bravoora’s label checker reads; the product counts are Open Beauty Facts’.

  1. European Commission: CosIng cosmetic ingredient database (functions, description, EU annex entry)
  2. Open Beauty Facts: product database, 77,506 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
  3. EU Regulation 1223/2009 on cosmetic products (the annexes)

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