CIR Review Summary May 6, 2026 3 min read

Alkyl PEG Sulfosuccinates: CIR Safety Assessment Summary

CIR safety assessment summary for Alkyl PEG Sulfosuccinates: ingredients reviewed, panel verdict, use concentration context, conditions, and source citati.

Alkyl PEG Sulfosuccinates appears in a CIR safety assessment covering Alkyl PEG Sulfosuccinates. The panel verdict for the report is safe with restrictions. The CIR Expert Panel concluded that the following cosmetic ingredients are safe in the present practices of use and concentration described in this safety assessment when formulated to be nonirritating:  disodium laureth sulfosuccinate,  disodium laureth-6 sulfosuccinate,  disodium laureth-9 sulfosuccinate*,  disodium laureth-12 sulfosuccinate*,  Article  disodium deceth-6 sulfosuccinate,  magnesium. Author Contribution W.

FieldCIR value
Primary ingredientAlkyl PEG Sulfosuccinates
CIR verdictsafe with restrictions
Report typeSafety Assessment
Date2015
CAS numbers68311-03-5, 39354-45-5, 58450-52-5, 40754-59-4, 42015-08-0, 68815-56-5, 68890-92-6
Conditions or carve-outsThe CIR Expert Panel concluded that the following cosmetic ingredients are safe in the present practices of use and concentration described in this safety assessment when formulated to be nonirritating:  disodium laureth sulfosuccinate,  disodium laureth-6 sulfosuccinate,  disodium laureth-9 sulfosuccinate*,  disodium laureth-12 sulfosuccinate*,  Article  disodium deceth-6 sulfosuccinate,  magnesium.

Ingredients Reviewed

The review scope matters because CIR conclusions often apply to an ingredient family rather than a single INCI name. In this report, the ingredient list includes Alkyl PEG Sulfosuccinates.

Safety Conclusion

The conclusion for Alkyl PEG Sulfosuccinates should be read as a CIR panel conclusion, not a regulatory limit. CIR assessments summarize expert-panel safety determinations for cosmetic use, while legal status still depends on the jurisdiction and product category.

Formulation Reading

For formula review, begin with the exact INCI identity and the ingredient group covered by the CIR assessment. If the material is Alkyl PEG Sulfosuccinates, the relevant comparison is whether the intended use aligns with the practices, concentration ranges, and conditions described in the CIR source.

The ingredient hub at Alkyl PEG Sulfosuccinates should carry the substance-level profile. This page is the report-level summary, keeping the conclusion, ingredient scope, and use-context language attached to the CIR source rather than treating the conclusion as a universal permission.

Why This Page Exists

CIR reviews are long documents, and the practical answer is usually buried in the conclusion and the table of current practices. This summary keeps those CIR facts in one indexable page for Alkyl PEG Sulfosuccinates, with source details retained at the bottom for audit.


Source

  • CIR report: Safety Assessment of Alkyl PEG Sulfosuccinates as Used in Cosmetics Wilbur Johnson Jr1, Bart Heldreth2, Wilma F. Bergfeld3, Donald V. Belsito3, Ronald A. Hill3, Curtis D. Klaassen3, Daniel C. Liebler3, James G. Marks Jr3, Ronald C. Shank3,
  • CIR source file: PRS589.pdf
  • Extraction JSON: Source documentation archived.
  • Conclusion page in CIR extraction: 13