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SODIUM LAUROYL LACTYLATE
Sodium lauroyl lactylate is a salt of lactate and lauric acid. It acts as an emulsifier and also has excellent wetting and antibacterial properties. (1)
(1) Fan, J., Zhang, J., Yang, X., Bai, L., Zhou, Y., Wu, Z. & Qin, Z. (2022). Study on the properties of the sodium lauroyl glycinate and sodium lauroyl lactylate composite system. Langmuir, 38(51), 16112-16121. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c02769