Behenic Acid
Behenic Acid appears on 17 ingredient lists in our database, most often in deodorants.
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
Behenic Acid appears on 17 ingredient lists in our database, most often in deodorants.
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: cleansing, surfactant - emulsifying, opacifying, surfactant - cleansing
Products with Behenic Acid
in 17 products
- no photoMennen Green Yuzu Stick deo XXLMennen · deodorant
- no photoMennen Pure ControlMennen · deodorant
- no photoNatural Pigma Soin Reflecteur De LumiereNatural Pigma · hair treatment
Too Faced Hangover Wash The Day Away Gentle Foaming CleanserToo Faced · shower gel- no photoYves Saint Laurent Déodorant La Nuit de l'HommeYves Saint Laurent · deodorant
- no photoLacura Foaming Oil CleanserLacura · cleanser
- no photoMennen intracableMennen
Sun Ozon Sunclean Sonnenmilch LSF 30Sun Ozon · sunscreen- no photoBalea Beauty Expert NMF Base Face CreamBalea · face cream
- no photoINGU Tri-peptide Balm Nude PinkIngu · sunscreen
- no photoVogue Polvo Compacto Micro-HumectanteVogue
Origins Travel Size Checks and Balances Frothy Face WashOrigins · cleanser
Mennen Bois brutMennen · deodorant
Skyn Iceland Travel Size Glacial Face WashSkyn Iceland · cleanser- no photoMuch More Than Seramid ve Prebiyotik İçerikli Sıkılaştırıcı Vücut LosyonuMuch More Than · body moisturizer
Skyn Iceland Glacial Face WashSkyn Iceland · cleanser
Supergoop Play Everyday Lotion SPF 50 with Sunflower ExtractSupergoop · sunscreen
Showing 17 of 17 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.
In the EU ingredient database
- cleansing
- surfactant - emulsifying
- opacifying
- surfactant - cleansing
- cleansing: Helping to keep the body surface clean.
- surfactant - emulsifying: Helping suspensions or dispersions of liquids in a second liquid by reducing the surface tension of the substances to be emulsified.
- opacifying: Reducing transparency or translucency of cosmetics.
- surfactant - cleansing: Wetting body surfaces, emulsifying or solubilizing oils, and suspending soil (generally, such ingredients contribute to the foaming and lathering properties of cleansing products).
CAS 112-85-6 · EC 204-010-8
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.