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What is Potassium Cocoate?

Surfactant, emulsifying

Potassium Cocoate is an emulsifier that mixes oil and water into one texture.

This ingredient is listed in CosIng, the EU's cosmetic ingredient database. CosIng lists what it's used for as: Surfactant, emulsifying, Surfactant, cleansing.

CosIng function classes are the EU's standard list of the jobs an ingredient does inside a product, such as moisturizing, emulsifying, or preserving.

Which products feature it?

2 of the 2320 products we've checked feature this as a key ingredient. Products that disclose a concentration or list it near the top of the ingredient list come first.

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  • Product photo of 약알칼리성 알로에 클렌징폼

    CHUNG MI JUNG

    약알칼리성 알로에 클렌징폼 (Korean)This brand publishes no English name for this product. The name above is as printed in Korean.

    Key: Potassium Cocoate (#3 on the ingredient list), Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract, Lactobacillus/Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Ferment Filtrate

    4 claims checked

    claims, checked

    • Aloe 11%backed by evidence
    • Weakly alkalineplausible, not tested
    • Fermented aloepartly backed
    • Ingredient geniusnothing specific to check
  • Key: Potassium Cocoate (#10 on the ingredient list), Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate, Sodium Methyl Cocoyl Taurate

    7 claims checked

    claims, checked

    • In the case of a functional cosmetic (brightening, wrinkle improvement, sunscreen products, etc.) under the 「Cosmetics Act」: not applicablebacked by evidence
    • It removes impurities freshly without skin tightness and maintains the skin's pH balance, grooming the skin to be healthy and moist.plausible, not tested
    • It is rated as improving the lathering power that was the weak point of existing weakly acidic cleansers, so that rich and fine micro bubbles are created and it satisfies soft yet refreshing cleansing power as well.plausible, not tested
    • It is a pH 5.5 reassuring formulation weakly acidic cleansing foam that maintains the skin's pH balance and grooms the skin to be healthy.partly backed
    • Using only safe raw materials at EWG green grade 0 to 2 it is called a 'reassuring cleansing foam', and with a plant derived natural surfactant extracted from coconut, 100% natural fragrance and the aromatherapy effect of natural essential oil fragrance, it protects the skin comfortably without irritation.overstated
    • The reassuring cleansing foam is a product that has completed a skin irritation test, a product applicable to all skin in every age groupno supporting source found
    • A pH 5.5 weakly acidic cleansing foam containing rich lathering power, refreshing cleansing power and reassuring ingredients you can trustnothing specific to check