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Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

PEG-80 Sorbitan Laurate in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

PEG-80 Sorbitan Laurate is a cosmetic ingredient that lets oil and water mix, so the product can wash dirt away. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 38 products, most often shampoos.

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What does PEG-80 Sorbitan Laurate do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, PEG-80 Sorbitan Laurate lets oil and water mix, so the product can wash dirt away. The EU’s CosIng database lists this job for it: surfactant.

surfactant

What other names and numbers does PEG-80 Sorbitan Laurate have?

CAS number
9005-64-5
CosIng reference
77482

Which products contain PEG-80 Sorbitan Laurate?

Open Beauty Facts finds PEG-80 Sorbitan Laurate in the ingredient lists of 38 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often shampoos, shampoos for babies and baby shampoo.

  • Shampoos7
  • Shampoos for babies4
  • Baby shampoo4
  • Bath and shower1

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 11 · Norway 4 · Brazil 3 · Poland 3.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where PEG-80 Sorbitan Laurate turns up, not how much of the market it is.

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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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