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INCI ingredient

Allantoin

Also listed as: Allantoin/Allantoin

A skin conditioning agent found in comfrey root and made synthetically for cosmetics.

What it triggers

  • Vegan originYesno animal source
  • FragranceNonot a perfume ingredient
  • ParabenNonot a preservative of this family
  • SulfateNonot a sulfate surfactant
  • SiliconeNonot a silicone
  • AlcoholNonot a drying alcohol

What it does

Allantoin is a small white powder used at low percentages in creams, aftershaves, toothpaste and baby products. CosIng lists its functions as skin conditioning, skin protecting and soothing. The cosmetic grade is synthetic, not extracted from plants.

It affects none of the six checks.

Functions: skin conditioning, skin protecting

Products with Allantoin

in 641 products

Showing 24 of 641 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • skin conditioning
  • skin protecting
  • soothing
  • skin conditioning: Maintaining the skin in good condition.
  • skin protecting: Helping to avoid harmful effects to the skin from external factors.
  • soothing: Lightening discomfort of the skin or of the scalp.

CAS 97-59-6 · EC 202-592-8

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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