Cosmetic ingredient dictionary
Sodium Tallowate in cosmetics: what it is and what it does
Sodium Tallowate is a cosmetic ingredient that lets oil and water mix, so the product can wash dirt away. It is not vegan: it comes from animal tissue. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 73 products, most often soaps.
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What does Sodium Tallowate do in a product?
In a cosmetic product, Sodium Tallowate lets oil and water mix, so the product can wash dirt away, cleans the skin, hair or teeth, and keeps oil and water mixed. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: surfactant, cleansing, emulsifying, viscosity controlling and foam boosting.
What other names and numbers does Sodium Tallowate have?
- CAS number
- 8052-48-0
- EC number
- 232-491-4
- CosIng reference
- 80216
Is Sodium Tallowate vegan?
No. Sodium Tallowate is made from animal tissue. It is not vegetarian either.
Which products contain Sodium Tallowate?
Open Beauty Facts finds Sodium Tallowate in the ingredient lists of 73 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often soaps, marseille soaps and dermatological soaps.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 47 · Russia 5 · Germany 4 · United States 4.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Sodium Tallowate 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’.
- European Commission: CosIng cosmetic ingredient database (functions, description, EU annex entry)
- Open Beauty Facts: product database, 77,506 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
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