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INCI ingredient

Ammonia

Ammonia appears on 19 ingredient lists in our database, most often in cream or lotions.

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

Ammonia appears on 19 ingredient lists in our database, most often in cream or lotions.

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: buffering, fragrance

Products with Ammonia

in 19 products

Showing 19 of 19 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • buffering
  • fragrance
  • buffering: Stabilising the pH of an aqueous medium in a narrow range even if an acid or base is added. Altering and/or maintaining a cosmetic product's pH at the desired level.
  • fragrance: Imparting an odour or taste. Creating a perceivable pleasant smell and/or masking a bad smell.

CAS 7664-41-7 · EC 231-635-3

EU regulation

Listed in Annex III (ref. 4) of the EU Cosmetics Regulation, maximum concentration 6% (as NH3). III/4 Above 2%: Contains ammonia

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

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