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Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate is a cosmetic ingredient that lets oil and water mix, so the product can wash dirt away. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 240 products, most often shampoos.

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What does Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate 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, foam boosting and hydrotrope.

surfactantcleansingskin conditioninghair conditioningfoam boostinghydrotrope

What other names and numbers does Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate have?

EC number
931-291-0
CosIng reference
75824

Which products contain Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate?

Open Beauty Facts finds Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate in the ingredient lists of 240 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often shampoos, hair care and shower gels.

  • Shampoos83
  • Hair care56
  • Shower gels23
  • Bath and shower20

Products with it, by country of sale: France 123 · Germany 30 · United States 20 · Italy 15.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate 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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