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

Disodium Laureth Sulfosuccinate is a cosmetic ingredient that lets oil and water mix, so the product can wash dirt away. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 165 products, most often shampoos.

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What does Disodium Laureth Sulfosuccinate do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Disodium Laureth Sulfosuccinate lets oil and water mix, so the product can wash dirt away, cleans the skin, hair or teeth, and makes more or longer-lasting foam. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: surfactant, cleansing, foam boosting, foaming and hydrotrope.

surfactantcleansingfoam boostingfoaminghydrotrope

What other names and numbers does Disodium Laureth Sulfosuccinate have?

CAS number
39354-45-5, 40754-59-4, 42016-08-0, 58450-52-5, 68815-56-5
EC number
255-062-3
CosIng reference
75765

Which products contain Disodium Laureth Sulfosuccinate?

Open Beauty Facts finds Disodium Laureth Sulfosuccinate in the ingredient lists of 165 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often shampoos, hair care and bath and shower.

  • Shampoos42
  • Hair care23
  • Bath and shower19
  • Shower gels9
  • Soaps9

Products with it, by country of sale: France 54 · United States 31 · Turkey 12 · Germany 10.

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