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Sodium Methyl Oleoyl Taurate in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Sodium Methyl Oleoyl Taurate is a cosmetic ingredient that lets oil and water mix, so the product can wash dirt away. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 24 products, most often shampoos.

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What does Sodium Methyl Oleoyl Taurate do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Sodium Methyl Oleoyl Taurate lets oil and water mix, so the product can wash dirt away, cleans the skin, hair or teeth, and reduces static, so hair stays flat. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: surfactant, cleansing, antistatic and foaming.

surfactantcleansingantistaticfoaming

What other names and numbers does Sodium Methyl Oleoyl Taurate have?

CAS number
137-20-2, 7308-16-9
EC number
205-285-7, 230-762-1
CosIng reference
79780

Which products contain Sodium Methyl Oleoyl Taurate?

Open Beauty Facts finds Sodium Methyl Oleoyl Taurate in the ingredient lists of 24 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often shampoos, bath and shower and hair care.

  • Shampoos3
  • Bath and shower2
  • Hair care2
  • Bath salts1

Products with it, by country of sale: Germany 14 · United States 3 · France 2 · Switzerland 1.

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