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TEA-Dodecylbenzenesulfonate

Cleanses and foams.

What it is

A lab-made surfactant, a soap-like ingredient. TEA stands for triethanolamine, which it is combined with.

Helps wash away oil and dirt and makes the product foam.

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What it does in a formula

Cleanses and foamsOfficial EU function: Surfactant - cleansing

What official sources say

Restricted in certain uses · Cosmetics, EU

Allowed in EU cosmetics only within set limits and conditions (Annex III, entry 62).

Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009, Annex III: list of substances which cosmetic products must not contain except subject to the restrictions laid down (CosIng), retrieved 2026-10-09

A label gives no amounts, so none of this says a product is unsafe.