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Sodium Rapeseedate
Sodium Rapeseedate
The fatty acids of rapeseed oil as a sodium salt: a soap that cleanses.
What it does
It’s a soap: the fatty acids of rapeseed oil joined to sodium. The EU lists it as a cleanser that also helps oil and water mix and helps set how thick a product is.
The evidence, graded
expert consensusUS safety reviewers (2017) judged 244 plant oil ingredients safe as used, focusing on effects on skin. Besides oils, the group takes in fatty acids from the oils and their salts. Their list names linseed acid, hydrogenated palm acid and sodium rapeseedate; the last two weren’t in use then. They asked makers to limit pesticide residues and heavy metals.Burnett 2017 · International Journal of Toxicology ↗
Graded per the methodology: strong · moderate · emerging · expert consensus. A weak source on a strong claim gets the weaker label.
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