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Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Sodium Cocoyl Glycinate in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Sodium Cocoyl Glycinate is a cosmetic ingredient that cleans the skin, hair or teeth. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 49 products, most often soaps.

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What does Sodium Cocoyl Glycinate do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Sodium Cocoyl Glycinate cleans the skin, hair or teeth, keeps the skin in good condition and makes hair easier to comb, softer or shinier. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: cleansing, skin conditioning and hair conditioning.

cleansingskin conditioninghair conditioning

What other names and numbers does Sodium Cocoyl Glycinate have?

CAS number
90387-74-9
EC number
291-350-5
CosIng reference
58959

Which products contain Sodium Cocoyl Glycinate?

Open Beauty Facts finds Sodium Cocoyl Glycinate in the ingredient lists of 49 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often soaps, body washes and face care.

  • Soaps3
  • Body washes2
  • Face care2

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 25 · Australia 8 · Canada 4 · Germany 3.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Sodium Cocoyl Glycinate 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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