Foaming Agents
What is Foaming Agents?
Foaming agents and foam boosters deliver the lather consumers expect in shampoos, body washes, bubble baths, and facial cleansers—while balancing mildness, viscosity, and clarity in modern sulfate-free and high-active formulations.
What is Foaming Agents used for?
Foam height, stability, and collapse rate influence user perception and rinseability. Venus supplies surfactant systems that boost foam when paired with primary cleansers, or tune foam down in low-foam face wash concepts. Venus Ethoxyethers manufactures and supplies in India; request a quote for your requirements.
Foaming agents and foam boosters deliver the lather consumers expect in shampoos, body washes, bubble baths, and facial cleansers—while balancing mildness, viscosity, and clarity in modern sulfate-free and high-active formulations.
Foam control in personal care
Foam height, stability, and collapse rate influence user perception and rinseability. Venus supplies surfactant systems that boost foam when paired with primary cleansers, or tune foam down in low-foam face wash concepts.
Building complete cleanser systems
Combine foaming agents with viscosity builders, detergent bases, and co-surfactants for optimized salt curves and sensory profile. Fatty alcohol ethoxylates contribute foam and detergency in traditional and mild systems.
Learn more
See personal care portfolio and personal care surfactants guide. Contact Venus for foaming surfactant samples.
| INCI DESIGNATION | APPLICATION | PROPERTIES/COMMENTS |
|---|---|---|
| Coco Monoethanol amide | Shampoos, bubble baths, shower gels, cleansing formulations, hair care and skin care products | Used as a foam booster and viscosity builder in shampoos. It has low skin irritancy. |
| Lauric Monoethanol amide | Shampoos, bubble baths, shower gels, cleansing formulations, hair care and skin care products | Used as a foam booster for stable and dense foams. Also used for viscosity building in shampoos and soaps. |
| Coco Monoethanol amide-3EO/5Eo | Shampoos, bubble baths, shower gels, cleansing formulations, hair care and skin care products | Used as alternatives (liquid) to regular CMEA and has applications as foam booster, viscosity builder in soaps and shampoos. |
| PEG-3-Glyceryl Cocoate | Shampoos, bubble baths, shower gels, cleansing formulations, hair care and skin care products | It is used in combination with alkyl sulphates to form highly stable and dense foams and build excellent viscosities to cosmetic formulations. |
| PEG-30-Glyceryl Cocoate | Shampoos, bubble baths, shower gels, cleansing formulations, hair care and skin care products | It is used as a low irritant, mild water soluble nonionic surfactant in sensitive skin formulations and other personal care products. |
| PEG-80-Glyceryl Cocoate | Shampoos, bubble baths, shower gels, cleansing formulations, hair care and skin care products | It is used as a low irritant, mild water soluble nonionic surfactant in sensitive skin formulations and other personal care products. |
| Coco Betaine (35) | Shampoos, bubble baths, shower gels, cleansing formulations, hair care and skin care products | It is an excellent viscosity building and foam boosting agent and widely used in personal care formulations. It reduces irritation when formulated with other anionic surfactants and have good tolerance to hard water |
| Lauryl Amine oxide (30) | Shampoos, bubble baths, shower gels, cleansing formulations, hair care and skin care products | It is used as a foam booster and builds excel- lent viscosities in cosmetic formulations over a wide pH range. |