Tea hydroiodides (inci)

"TEA" is the acronym for triethanolamine, a quaternary ammonium compound. Triethanolamine reacts easily with fatty acids to form triethanolamine soaps and is used as a basic component in soaps and other cosmetic products. Hydroiodide is a collective term for the organic-chemical substance class of salts which forms hydroiodic acid HI with basic organic compounds. Hydroiodides are formed for example by amines, basic amino acids, amino acid esters and alkaloids.

TEA-hydroiodide is a substance which is used in cosmetic formulations where it acts as buffer substance (regulates and stabilizes the pH value of cosmetic products).