Sodium dodecylbenzenesulfonate

CAS 25155-30-0

Sodium dodecylbenzenesulfonate is a surfactant and processing aid used in washing produce and in equipment cleaning.

Where it is and isn’t permitted

Status of Sodium dodecylbenzenesulfonate by jurisdiction. Every jurisdiction this site covers is listed, including those where the substance does not appear.
JurisdictionStatusScope and limitsCitation
United StatesFood and Drug AdministrationPermitted, with conditions21 CFR 173.405retrieved 2026-09-07
Codex AlimentariusCodex Alimentarius Commission / JECFANot listedDoes not appear on this jurisdiction’s permitted list. That is not the same as being prohibited.

What it is made from

Produced by sulfonating dodecylbenzene, a petroleum derivative. It is the common detergent surfactant.

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CAS registry number
25155-30-0
InChIKey
HFQQZARZPUDIFP-UHFFFAOYSA-M
PubChem
CID 23662403

Every name it appears under

61 recorded names. A label may use any of them.

CAS registry number

  • 25155-30-0

As it appears in regulation

  • Sodium dodecylbenzenesulfonate

Other names

  • Abeson nam
  • Benzenesulfonic acid, dodecyl-, sodium salt
  • Benzenesulfonic acid, dodecyl-, sodium salt (1:1)
  • Bio-Soft D-35X
  • Bio-Soft D-40
  • Calsoft F-90
  • Calsoft L-40
  • Conco aas-35
  • Conco aas-40
  • Detergent HD-90
  • Dodecyl benzene sodium sulfonate
  • dodecyl benzene sulfonic acid sodium
  • Dodecyl benzenesulfonic acid, sodium salt
  • Dodecylbenzene sodium sulfonate
  • Dodecylbenzenesulfonic acid, sodium salt
  • Dodecylbenzenesulphonate, sodium salt
  • Dodecylbenzensulfonan sodny
  • Mercol 25
  • Mercol 30
  • P-1',1',4',4'-Tetramethyloktylbenzensulfonan sodny
  • Pilot SF-40B
  • Richonate 1850
  • Richonate 45B
  • Sandet 60
  • Santomerse 3
  • Santomerse No. 1
  • Santomerse No. 85
  • SDBS
  • sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate
  • Sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate
  • Sodium Dodecylbenzenesulfonate
  • Sodium dodecylbenzenesulfonic acid
  • Sodium dodecylbenzenesulphonate
  • Sodium dodecylphenylsulfonate
  • Sodium laurylbenzenesulfonate
  • Sodium o-dodecylbenzenesulfonate
  • Sol sodowa kwasu laurylobenzenosulfonowego
  • Steinaryl NKS 100
  • Steinaryl NKS 50
  • Stepan DS 60
  • Stepantan DS 40
  • Sulfapolu
  • Sulfaril paste
  • Sulframin 1238 slurry
  • Sulframin 1250 slurry
  • Sulframin 40 flakes
  • Sulframin 40 granular
  • Sulframin 40RA
  • Sulframin 85
  • Sulframin 90 flakes
  • Sulfuril
  • Trepolate F 40
  • Ultrawet 60K
  • Ultrawet KX
  • Ultrawet SK
  • Vista C 550
  • Witconate 1238
  • Witconate 1250
  • Witconate 60 B

Hazard reference values

No reference value for this substance in the sources we hold.

Evidence and how bodies read it

Studies, and the differing conclusions regulators drew from them, are curated by hand rather than machine-read, and none has been written for this substance yet.

Sources for this page

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