"No penalty" in all categories.
- Origin(s): Vegetal, Animal, Synthetic
- Other languages: Estearato de sorbitano, Sorbitan stearaat, Sorbitan stearat, Sorbitan stearát, Sorbitanstearat, Stearat de sorbitan, Stearato di sorbitano, Stearynian sorbitanu, Stéarate de sorbitan, Szorbitán-sztearát, sorbitan stearat, Сорбитан стеарат, סורביטן סטאראט, ستيرات السوربيتان, ソルビタンステアレート, 소르비탄스테아레이트
- INCI name: SORBITAN STEARATE
- EINECS/ELINCS number: 215-664-9
- Classification: Nonionic surfactant
- Organic-compatible (COSMOS Reference)
Namely
Sorbitan stearate is a non-ionic emulsifier (HLB 4,7) that helps maintain water and mixed oils: it creates water-in-oil emulsions.
Its functions (INCI)
- Emulsifying : Promotes the formation of intimate mixtures between immiscible liquids by modifying the interfacial tension (water and oil)
This ingredient is present in 1.01% of cosmetics.
Products that contains it
