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Disodium Cetearyl Sulfosuccinate in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Disodium Cetearyl Sulfosuccinate is a cosmetic ingredient that lets oil and water mix, so the product can wash dirt away. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 21 products, most often body care.

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What does Disodium Cetearyl Sulfosuccinate do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Disodium Cetearyl Sulfosuccinate lets oil and water mix, so the product can wash dirt away, cleans the skin, hair or teeth, and keeps oil and water mixed. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: surfactant, cleansing, emulsifying, skin conditioning, foam boosting, foaming and hydrotrope.

surfactantcleansingemulsifyingskin conditioningfoam boostingfoaminghydrotrope

What other names and numbers does Disodium Cetearyl Sulfosuccinate have?

CAS number
91697-07-3
EC number
294-268-8
CosIng reference
75817

Which products contain Disodium Cetearyl Sulfosuccinate?

Open Beauty Facts finds Disodium Cetearyl Sulfosuccinate in the ingredient lists of 21 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often body care, body creams and sunscreen.

  • Body care4
  • Body creams4
  • Sunscreen4
  • Skincare3
  • Face care2

Products with it, by country of sale: Norway 5 · Germany 3 · Morocco 3 · Netherlands 2.

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

On these listsSurfactants and cleansersEmulsifiers

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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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