Shampoo thickeners
Also appears on labels as: polyacrylate polymer, polyacrylic acid
Polymers that thicken a shampoo and keep it evenly mixed. Polyacrylic acid and the polyacrylates are synthetic, built from acrylic acid.
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- Where it comes from
- Chemical synthesis.
- Why it's in the product
- Texture: a shampoo that pours slowly and doesn't separate in the bottle.
- Safety and toxicity
- No meaningful concern in a rinse-off product. It is a synthetic polymer, but a shampoo is rinsed off, not chewed, so the reason we flag synthetic toy materials does not apply.
- Interactions and who should be careful
- How thick a shampoo pours says nothing about how well it cleans; that is the surfactants' job.
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Found in 4 scored products
Lowest scores first. Its presence here is not what drove those scores.
