“Sodium Coco-Sulfate?”Here!
Hasn’t appeared in a scanned product yet.
In personal care
A cleansing agent made by reacting fatty alcohols derived from whole coconut oil with sulfuric acid, then neutralizing with sodium hydroxide. It is a mixture of several related sulfate molecules of different chain lengths, rather than a single pure substance like sodium lauryl sulfate.
Why it’s used
It produces rich foam and effective grease-cutting cleansing, making it a common replacement for sodium lauryl sulfate in bar soaps, shampoos, and body washes, often marketed as a gentler or more 'natural' alternative since it comes from whole coconut oil rather than an isolated fraction.
What the evidence says
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- PubChem — what the substance is, chemically — names, synonyms and structure
- PubMed — every paper indexed by the US National Library of Medicine that names it
These are starting points, not our findings — we haven’t run them for you. A substance whose name is also an ordinary word (“Heart”, “Alanine”, “Water”) will return papers that are not about the ingredient at all.
Context
CIR's safety conclusions for related alkyl sulfates specifically address rinse-off use, noting that irritation potential rises with concentration and contact time.
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