Bulk supply · Surfactants & Oleochemicals
SLES at 70% and 28% active in 230 kg drums and IBCs, supplied to shampoo, dishwash and personal care manufacturers across India. Price on request.
Also searched as: SLES price, SLES 70, SLES chemical, SLES liquid, sodium laureth sulfate
What we supply
SLES is the foaming surfactant in most shampoos, body washes and dishwash liquids made in India. It is milder than SLS, which is why personal care moved to it, and it foams and thickens readily with salt, which is why formulators like it.
Velora supplies both the 70% paste and the 28% liquid. The choice is practical: 70% is cheaper per unit of active and better for shipping, but it is a stiff paste that needs warming and good agitation to dilute. 28% pumps straight into the batch.
Grades & packing
These are the formats we most commonly supply. Other concentrations, packing sizes and pack marking are available — ask at the enquiry stage.
| Product | Formula | Grade | HSN | Packing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sodium Lauryl Ether Sulphate | SLES | 70% / 28% active | 3402 39 00 | 230 kg drum · IBC |
No tested values are published here. The certificate of analysis for the batch actually loaded travels with the despatch documents, and a representative COA and the safety data sheet go out before any commercial discussion.
Applications
Primary foaming surfactant in personal care.
Foam and detergency in hand dishwash.
Surfactant in laundry liquids.
Occasionally, in specific formulations — but the usual toothpaste foaming surfactant is SLS, not SLES.
Foaming and wetting in cleaning formulations.
Wetting and scouring.
Handling & storage
Worth reading before you order rather than after. If any of this is a problem at your site, tell us — it usually changes what we would quote.
Price
SLES is made from fatty alcohol plus ethylene oxide, so it tracks lauryl alcohol — largely palm-kernel driven and on its own agricultural cycle — while the ethoxylate portion and the synthetic share of alcohol supply keep a real petrochemical link. Buy on active content: 70% costs more per drum than 28% but far less per unit of actual surfactant, and you are not paying freight on water. Unless you have no way to warm and agitate, 70% is usually the better economics.
Questions
70% is cheaper per unit of active and cheaper to freight, but it is a paste that needs warming and good agitation. 28% pumps straight into the batch with no preparation. If you have a heated make-up tank with decent agitation, take 70%. If you do not, 28% will cause you far less trouble.
SLES is ethoxylated, which makes it milder on skin and easier to thicken with salt — that is why personal care uses it. SLS foams more aggressively and is harsher, so it stays in toothpaste, detergent powder and industrial cleaning.
Almost always cold dilution of the 70% paste without enough agitation. Warm the drum evenly to 40–55 °C — not above about 60 °C, or you start hydrolysing and discolouring the product — then add water gradually and keep good agitation through the viscosity peak part-way through dilution.
SLES is quoted per kg or per tonne, landed. Always compare on active content — SLES 70 and SLES 28 are different products, and a lower per-kg price for 28% often costs more per kg of active.
Yes — SLES 28% is the pumpable liquid form; SLES 70% is the concentrated paste. Both are supplied in 230 kg drums and IBCs.
The HSN code for SLES (sodium lauryl ether sulphate) is 3402 39 00 (Anionic surface-active agents — other). This applies to SLES as a raw material not put up for retail sale; a finished washing preparation is classified differently. Source: the Indian customs tariff as listed in the GST HSN directory, checked September 2026.
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Sourcing desk
You will get a written offer for sodium lauryl ether sulphate with landed price, packing, lead time and a stated validity — not a price that changes on the phone.