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INCI ingredient

Acetylated Lanolin Alcohol

Acetylated Lanolin Alcohol appears on 9 ingredient lists in our database, most often in scrubs.

What it triggers

  • Vegan originNoanimal-derived
  • FragranceNonot a perfume ingredient
  • ParabenNonot a preservative of this family
  • SulfateNonot a sulfate surfactant
  • SiliconeNonot a silicone
  • AlcoholNonot a drying alcohol

If a product lists Acetylated Lanolin Alcohol, its vegan answer is No. Nothing else changes.

What it does

Acetylated Lanolin Alcohol appears on 9 ingredient lists in our database, most often in scrubs.

On the label it counts as vegan, which is why a product that lists it cannot be vegan.

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

Functions: skin conditioning - emollient, hair conditioning, skin conditioning - occlusive

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • skin conditioning - emollient
  • hair conditioning
  • skin conditioning - occlusive
  • skin conditioning - emollient: Acting as lubricants on the skin surface providing the skin with a soft and smooth appearance.
  • hair conditioning: Enhancing the appearance and feel of hair. Leaving the hair easy to comb, supple, soft and shiny and/or imparting volume, lightness, gloss, texture, etc.
  • skin conditioning - occlusive: Retarding the evaporation of water from the skin surface. Occlusives are generally lipids which tend to remain on the skin surface and thus increase the water content of skin.

CAS 61788-49-6 · EC 262-980-8

EU regulation

Not on a restricted-substances annex. Listed as an allowed cosmetic ingredient.

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

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