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Soy acid

CAS 8034-67-1

Also registered as 8 other CAS numbers

8034-68-2 · 8034-69-3 · 8037-74-9 · 8037-75-0 · 8045-91-8 · 8045-92-9 · 8045-93-0 · 68308-53-2

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Soy acid in plain language

What it is: Also known as Soybean fatty acids · Soy acids · Soy fatty acids · Glycine soja (soy) acid · Soya acid · Soybean oil fatty acids
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Ca 1700 · Emery 610 · Emery 614 · Emery 618 · Nouracid SZ 35 · Radiacid 0202 · Soy story · Soybean fatty acid
What it does: Used in cosmetics as an emollient, an emulsifier and a refatting agent.
Emollient
Emulsifying
Refatting
Emulsifier
Surfactant
Conditioner
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. Soy acid appears in these published regulatory listings.

Recorded in these product areas

Found in consumer products
Industrial

EUCosIngActiveFatty acids, soya
- Fatty acids, soyaSource →
USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 0 composition records across product categories including unclassified products. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Softener and conditioner, Emulsifier, refatting.
- EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 0 composition records across product categories including unclassified products. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Softener and conditioner, Emulsifier, refatting.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 Soy acid. 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 Soy acid yet. This record is compiled from the published data sources below — registries and regulatory listings, not study findings.

5 data sources

Where this comes from

CosIng
regulatory · updated 2026-09-23
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EPA Chemical and Products Database
exposure · updated January 7, 2008
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EPA DSSTox Identifiers
chemistry · updated 2025-12-29
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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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Reference links (1)

Openfda substance

en.wikipedia.org

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Allergen profile

Canonical allergen markers detected on this ingredient. Each row is derived from the ingredient’s name or synonyms matching a known allergen class — useful when scanning a label for a specific allergy context.

SoyContains · Oral (ingested)
Source: chemindex_name_match

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 Soy acid in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Named organisations

Typical roles

EmollientEmulsifyingRefattingEmulsifierSurfactantConditioner

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Catalog

Found in these products

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

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