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Sucrose Laurate

The Beauty & Personal Care Brand Builder Series

Ingredient Deep Dive

Sucrose Laurate

The Gentle Sugar Emulsifier

Sucrose Laurate is a mild, sugar-derived emulsifier made from sucrose and lauric acid — a nonionic, biodegradable sugar ester.

It builds gentle, skin-friendly oil-in-water emulsions with an elegant feel, and is popular in natural and sensitive-skin formulas.

Quick Insights

Ingredient Rating:

GOOD

Type of Ingredient:

Emulsifier

Intended Function:

A gentle, sugar-derived nonionic emulsifier for mild, skin-friendly emulsions.

Common Applications:

Used in moisturizers, creams and cleansers and treatment formulas.

Target Audience:

Natural and sensitive-skin brands wanting a sugar-based emulsifier.

Also Known As:

Sucrose Laurate, Sucrose Ester

Private Label Formulas

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Body Glaze

Benefits of Sucrose Laurate

A gentle, sugar-derived nonionic emulsifier for skin-friendly emulsions.

Gentle Emulsification: Builds mild oil-in-water emulsions suited to sensitive skin.
Sugar-Derived: A naturally sourced, biodegradable sugar ester.
Elegant Feel: Contributes a light, pleasant skin feel.
Mild & Nonionic: Broadly compatible and skin-friendly.
Clean-Beauty Friendly: Suits natural and sustainable positioning.

How It Works

Sucrose Laurate joins a water-loving sugar head to an oil-loving fatty tail, so it sits at the oil–water interface and stabilizes emulsion droplets much like other emulsifiers — but from a gentle, sugar-based origin. Its mildness makes it a favorite for sensitive-skin and natural systems.

Formulating with Sucrose Laurate

Sucrose Laurate is used as an o/w emulsifier at low to moderate levels, often with a co-emulsifier or stabilizer to build robust emulsions. Observe good manufacturing and preservation practice.

Safety Analysis

Sucrose Laurate is well tolerated at typical use levels with a good safety profile in finished cosmetics. As always, substantiate the finished product’s safety (e.g. patch / HRIPT testing) in line with MoCRA requirements.

References

https://incidecoder.com/ingredients/sucrose-laurate

https://cosmeticanalysis.com/cosmetic-ingredients/sucrose-laurate

https://cosmeticsinfo.org/ingredient/sucrose-laurate/

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