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INCI ingredient

2-bromo-2-nitropropane-1

Also listed as: 2-bromo-2-nitropropane-1,3-diol

2-bromo-2-nitropropane-1 appears on 45 ingredient lists in our database, most often in toothpastes.

What it triggers

  • Vegan originNot sureorigin not on file
  • FragranceNonot a perfume ingredient
  • ParabenNonot a preservative of this family
  • SulfateNonot a sulfate surfactant
  • SiliconeNonot a silicone
  • AlcoholNonot a drying alcohol

What it does

2-bromo-2-nitropropane-1 appears on 45 ingredient lists in our database, most often in toothpastes.

It does not belong to any of the six groups we check, so it never changes a verdict.

We have not written the plain-language note for this ingredient yet; the facts above come straight from how it is classified.

Functions: preservative

Products with 2-bromo-2-nitropropane-1

in 45 products

Showing 24 of 45 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • preservative
  • preservative: Exclusively or mainly intended to inhibit the development of micro-organisms in the cosmetic product. All authorised preservatives are substances in the positive list of Annex V to the Cosmetics Regulation 1223/2009.

CAS 52-51-7 · EC 200-143-0

EU regulation

Listed in Annex V (ref. 21) of the EU Cosmetics Regulation, maximum concentration 0.1%. V/21

Source: CosIng, European Commission. Informative, no legal value; the regulation text is the reference.

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