SODIUM TALLOWATE

Health Concerns of the Ingredient:

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About SODIUM TALLOWATE: Sodium Tallowate is a sodium salt of Tallow Acid (q.v.).

This ingredient may be derived from animals. From PETA's Caring Consumer: Rendered beef fat. May cause eczema and blackheads. In wax paper, crayons, margarines, paints, rubber, lubricants, etc. In candles, soaps, lipsticks, shaving creams, other cosmetics. Chemicals (e.g., ... read more

This ingredient may be derived from animals. From PETA's Caring Consumer: Rendered beef fat. May cause eczema and blackheads. In wax paper, crayons, margarines, paints, rubber, lubricants, etc. In candles, soaps, lipsticks, shaving creams, other cosmetics. Chemicals (e.g., PCB) can be in animal tallow. Derivatives: Sodium Tallowate, Tallow Acid, Tallow Amide, Tallow Amine, Talloweth-6, Tallow Glycerides, Tallow Imidazoline. Alternatives: vegetable tallow, Japan tallow, paraffin and/or ceresin (see alternatives to Beeswax for all three). Paraffin is usually from petroleum, wood, coal, or shale oil.

Function(s): Surfactant - Cleansing Agent; Surfactant - Foam Booster; Viscosity Increasing Agent -Aqueous; EMULSIFYING; FOAM BOOSTING; VISCOSITY CONTROLLING

Synonym(s): FATTY ACIDS, TALLOW, SODIUM SALTS; SODIUM SALT TALLOW; TALLOW, SODIUM SALT