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Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine is a cosmetic ingredient that lets oil and water mix, so the product can wash dirt away. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 146 products, most often shampoos.

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What does Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine lets oil and water mix, so the product can wash dirt away, cleans the skin, hair or teeth, and keeps the skin in good condition. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: surfactant, cleansing, skin conditioning, hair conditioning, viscosity controlling, antistatic and foam boosting.

surfactantcleansingskin conditioninghair conditioningviscosity controllingantistaticfoam boosting

What other names and numbers does Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine have?

CAS number
68139-30-0
EC number
268-761-3
CosIng reference
75240

Which products contain Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine?

Open Beauty Facts finds Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine in the ingredient lists of 146 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often shampoos, hair care and soaps.

  • Shampoos11
  • Hair care8
  • Soaps8

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 84 · Germany 12 · France 10 · Canada 8.

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

On these listsSurfactants and cleansers

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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

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