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Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate is a cosmetic ingredient that cleans the skin, hair or teeth. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 304 products, most often sunscreen.

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What does Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate cleans the skin, hair or teeth, keeps oil and water mixed, and keeps the skin in good condition. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: cleansing, emulsifying, skin conditioning and hair conditioning.

cleansingemulsifyingskin conditioninghair conditioning

What other names and numbers does Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate have?

CAS number
38517-23-6, 79811-24-8
EC number
253-980-9
CosIng reference
80093

Which products contain Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate?

Open Beauty Facts finds Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate in the ingredient lists of 304 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often sunscreen, body care and face care.

  • Sunscreen41
  • Body care22
  • Face care15

Products with it, by country of sale: France 84 · Germany 79 · Netherlands 14 · Turkey 13.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate turns up, not how much of the market it is.

On these listsSurfactants and cleansersEmulsifiers

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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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