beauty
cleaning
pharma

Sodium palmate

CAS 61790-79-2

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Sodium palmate in plain language

What it is: Also known as Fatty acids, palm-oil, sodium salts · Palm oil fatty acids, sodium salts · Sodium palm stearinate · Palm oil fatty acids, sodium salt
What it does: Used in cosmetics as an emulsifier, a cleansing agent and a thickener. Fatty acids, palm-oil, sodium salts.
Emulsifying
Cleansing
Viscosity controlling
Emulsifier
Surfactant
Thickener
Is it a concern?: We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet. It is listed for cosmetic use in the EU.

Regulation

No restrictions found. Sodium palmate appears in these published regulatory listings.

In marketed US drugs

Recorded in these product areas

Found in consumer products
Beauty
Cleaning

EUCosIngActiveFatty acids, palm-oil, sodium salts
- Fatty acids, palm-oil, sodium saltsSource →
USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 328 composition records across product categories including Personal care, Cleaning products and household care. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Surfactant (surface active agent), Emulsifier, Viscosity modifier.
- EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 328 composition records across product categories including Personal care, Cleaning products and household care. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Surfactant (surface active agent), Emulsifier, Viscosity modifier.Source →
USFDAmarketed drug occurrenceFDA NDC lists this ingredient in 2 active drug products and 2 total products.
- FDA NDC lists this ingredient in 2 active drug products and 2 total products.Source →
USFDAlisted in openFDA substanceopenFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as mixture.
- openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as mixture.Source →

Expert safety opinions

No expert opinion on file for Sodium palmate. These are the independent scientific bodies that assess ingredients like this one; we show an opinion only when a record we hold cites it.

SCCS
EU Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety
No SCCS opinion on file.
CIR
Cosmetic Ingredient Review (US expert panel)
No CIR safety assessment on file.

Evidence & sources

No graded research studies for Sodium palmate yet. This record is compiled from the published data sources below — registries and regulatory listings, not study findings.

6 data sources

Where this comes from

CosIng
regulatory · updated 2026-09-23
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EPA Chemical and Products Database
exposure · updated September 2015
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EPA DSSTox Identifiers
chemistry · updated 2025-12-29
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FDA National Drug Code Directory
regulatory · updated 2026-12-31
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FDA GSRS UNII
registry · updated 2026-02-26
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openFDA Substance
registry · updated 2026-05-24
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Suitability

Context-specific fit derived from published classifications and the current ingredient evidence profile.

Fragrance avoidance

Nothing to weigh for this context yet.

No signal in this context

We have no published hazard signal for this ingredient, so we cannot say how it behaves in this context — that is missing evidence, not a clean result.

Where it has been recorded

How often EPA CPDat has listed Sodium palmate in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

328

Named organisations

Personal careCleaning products and household care

Typical roles

EmulsifyingCleansingViscosity controllingEmulsifierSurfactantThickener

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Catalog

Found in these products

Their ingredient lists include Sodium palmate; each product's own rating depends on its whole formula, so it is shown on the product page, not here.

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Co-occurrence

Often appears with

Ingredients that frequently appear alongside Sodium palmate in the catalog.