beauty
cleaning

Disodium lauryl sulfosuccinate

CAS 13192-12-6

Also registered as 2 other CAS numbers

19040-44-9 · 26838-05-1

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Disodium lauryl sulfosuccinate in plain language

What it is: Also known as Butanedioic acid, sulfo-, 1-dodecyl ester, disodium salt · Disodium 1(OR 4)-DODECYL 2-SULPHONATOSUCCINATE · Disodium dodecyl .alpha.-sulfosuccinate · Sodium monododecyl sulfosuccinate · Sodium 1-carboxy-3-(dodecyloxy)-3-oxopropane-1-sulfonate · Disodium 4-dodecyl 2-sulphonatosuccinate
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Disodium C-dodecyl sulphonatosuccinate · Empicol sll/h · Kohacool L-40 · Mackanate lo · Plantapon sus · Rewopol sb f 12 p
What it does: Used in cosmetics as a skin-conditioning agent, a cleansing agent and a foaming agent.
Skin conditioning
Cleansing
Foaming
Foam boosting
Hydrotrope
Surfactant
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. Disodium lauryl sulfosuccinate appears in these published regulatory listings.

Recorded in these product areas

Found in consumer products
Beauty
Cleaning

EUCosIngActiveListed in CosIng inventory for cosmetic use.
- Listed in CosIng inventory for cosmetic use.Source →
USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 154 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), Solubility enhancer, Softener and conditioner.
- EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 154 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), Solubility enhancer, Softener and conditioner.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 Disodium lauryl sulfosuccinate. 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 Disodium lauryl sulfosuccinate 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 September 2013
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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

flowersong.lookchem.com

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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 Disodium lauryl sulfosuccinate in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

154

Named organisations

Personal careCleaning products and household care

Typical roles

Skin conditioningCleansingFoamingFoam boostingHydrotropeSurfactant

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Catalog

Found in these products

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

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