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Galsoft NaLS is your ideal choice for personal care applications, offering a wide array of benefits. This anionic surfactant, with the INCI name Sodium Lauroyl Sarcosinate, excels in bath and shower products like body washes and liquid soaps. Its key features include mildness, foaming ability, a rich and silky feel, high lathering, and sebum resistance. Moreover, it's salt-tolerant, imparts lubricity, and exhibits excellent compatibility.

INCI Name: Sodium Lauroyl Sarcosinate

Functions: Surfactant, Surfactant (Anionic)

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Identification & Functionality

Cosmetic Ingredients Functions

Features & Benefits

Product Attributes
  • Mild to skin and hair
  • Excellent foaming surfactant. Gives rich, creamy lather even at high pH
  • High resistance to sebum
  • Tolerant to salt
  • Provides silky softness and lubricity to skin
  • Compatible with many cationics
  • Substantive to skin and hair

Applications & Uses

Application Format
Bath & Shower Applications
Hair Care Applications
Personal Hygiene Applications
Skin Care Applications
Product Applications

Galsoft NaLS is used in wide range of applications such as:

  • Shampoos
  • Mild facial cleansers
  • Body washes and foam baths
  • Baby products
  • Liquid soaps
  • Antibacterial hand washes
  • Shaving preparations

Properties

Physical Form
Appearance
Clear liquid, colourless to light pale yellow
Odor
Mild, characteristic
Specifications
ValueUnitsTest Method / Conditions
Chemical FormulaCH₃-(CH₂)n-CON(CH₃)CH₂COONa
Solids Content (at 105°C, 2 hrs)29.0 - 32.0% by mass
pH (10 % aqueous solution)7.5 - 8.5
Free Fatty Acidmax. 2.0% by mass
Chloride (as NaCI)max. 1.0% by mass
Microbial Count (TVC)max. 10cfu/ml
Microbial Count (Y/M)max. 10cfu/ml

Safety & Health

Safety Information

Spill should be contained / collected and disposed off as per the regulations. Avoid ingestion, contact with eyes and prolonged contact with skin and clothing. In case of contact with eyes and skin, rinse with plenty of water and seek medical advice, if necessary.

Packaging & Availability

Packaging Information

Galsoft NaLS is available in 235 liters HMHDPE carboys. Total of 80 carboys i.e. 18.8 MT can be shipped palletized or non-palletized in 20 ft. full container load. It is also available in 60  liters HMHDPE carboys. Total of 300 carboys i.e. 18 MT can be shipped palletized or non- palletized in 20 ft. full container load. It can also be supplied in IBC of 1 MT capacity. Total of  18 IBC i.e. 18 MT can be shipped in 20 ft. full container load.

Storage & Handling

Shelf Life
1 Year
Storage & Handling Information
  • Store the material at 25 - 35°C in a clean and dry place away from direct heat and sunlight.
  • Keep the containers tightly closed.
  • In original sealed container, when stored as suggested, shelf life of the product is at least one year.
  • Once the carboy / IBC is opened, ensure airtight closure after usage and use the product within a week.
  • Product solidifies if stored at ≤ - 3°C.
  • If the product becomes frozen in IBC / HMHDPE carboys, then keep the same in hot room of 30 - 40°C (avoid direct heating).
  • Homogenize the product before use.
  • During storage, carboys (palletized / non-palletized) should not be stacked one above the other and for IBC, stacking should be maximum 1+1.