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Sodium PEG-4 lauramide sulfate

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Sodium PEG-4 lauramide sulfate in plain language

What it does

Used in cosmetics as a cleansing agent, a foaming agent and a hair conditioner. Sodium salt of the sulfate ester of the polyethylene glycol amide of Lauric Acid with an average of 4 moles of ethylene oxide.

  • Cleansing
  • Foaming
  • Hair conditioning
  • Antistatic
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. Sodium PEG-4 lauramide sulfate appears in these published regulatory listings.

  • EUCosIngActiveSodium salt of the sulfate ester of the polyethylene glycol amide of Lauric Acid with an average of 4 moles of ethylene oxide
    • Sodium salt of the sulfate ester of the polyethylene glycol amide of Lauric Acid with an average of 4 moles of ethylene oxideSource →

Expert safety opinions

No expert opinion on file for Sodium PEG-4 lauramide sulfate. 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 PEG-4 lauramide sulfate 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.