Explained
Potassium Cetyl Phosphate is the potassium salt of a mixture. This mixture consists of the esters from phosphoricacid and cetyl alcohol.
Potassium Cetyl Phosphate is an emulsifier and cleansing agent. Emulsifiers help stabilize a product. It does this by preventing certain ingredients from separating.
As a cleansing agent, Potassium Cetyl Phosphate helps gather oils, dirts, and pollutants from your skin. This makes it easier to rinse them away with water.
Potassium Cetyl Phosphate is a rare cosmetic ingredient, with about 2.3% of the products in our database containing it.
What it does:
Where it's used
Potassium Cetyl Phosphate is most often found as ingredient number 16 within an ingredient list.
These are the categories of products that use Potassium Cetyl Phosphate the most:
References
Products with Potassium Cetyl Phosphate
CosIng Data
- CosIng ID: 79512
- INCI Name: POTASSIUM CETYL PHOSPHATE
- EC #: Â 284-374-2; 242-768-1
- All Functions: Emulsifying, Surfactant
