What does Hydrolyzed palm sophorolipids do?

Used in cosmetics as a skin-conditioning agent, a skin protectant and a cleansing agent. Hydrolyzed Palm Sophorolipids is the hydrolysate of the product obtained by through fermentation by Candida bombicola with the fatty acids derived from Elaeis Guineensis (Palm) Oil.

Is Hydrolyzed palm sophorolipids safe?

We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet. It is listed for cosmetic use in the EU.

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Hydrolyzed palm sophorolipids

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Hydrolyzed palm sophorolipids in plain language

What it does: Used in cosmetics as a skin-conditioning agent, a skin protectant and a cleansing agent. Hydrolyzed Palm Sophorolipids is the hydrolysate of the product obtained by through fermentation by Candida bombicola with the fatty acids derived from Elaeis Guineensis (Palm) Oil.
Skin conditioning
Skin protecting
Cleansing
Is it a concern?: We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet. It is listed for cosmetic use in the EU.

What we know about this ingredient

Canonical ingredient record built from 1 public-source records.

Regulation

No restrictions found. Hydrolyzed palm sophorolipids appears in these published regulatory listings.

EUCosIngActiveHydrolyzed Palm Sophorolipids is the hydrolysate of the product obtained by through fermentation by Candida bombicola with the fatty acids derived from Elaeis Guineensis (Palm) Oil
- Hydrolyzed Palm Sophorolipids is the hydrolysate of the product obtained by through fermentation by Candida bombicola with the fatty acids derived from Elaeis Guineensis (Palm) OilSource →

Expert safety opinions

No expert opinion on file for Hydrolyzed palm sophorolipids. 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 Hydrolyzed palm sophorolipids yet. This record is compiled from the published data sources below — registries and regulatory listings, not study findings.

1 data source

Where this comes from

CosIng
regulatory · updated 2026-09-23
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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.