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INCI ingredient

Benzethonium Chloride

Benzethonium Chloride appears on 12 ingredient lists in our database, most often in eye makeups.

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

Benzethonium Chloride appears on 12 ingredient lists in our database, most often in eye makeups.

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: antimicrobial, deodorant, preservative, surfactant - dispersing

Products with Benzethonium Chloride

in 12 products

Showing 12 of 12 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • antimicrobial
  • deodorant
  • preservative
  • surfactant - dispersing
  • antimicrobial: Preventing and/or slowing down microbial growth.
  • deodorant: Reducing and/or eluminating unpleasant odour. Contributing against the formation of malodour on body surfaces.
  • 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.
  • surfactant - dispersing: Helping distribute an insoluble solid in a liquid phase.

CAS 121-54-0 · EC 204-479-9

EU regulation

Listed in Annex V (ref. 53) of the EU Cosmetics Regulation, maximum concentration 0.1%. a) Rinse-off products b) Leave-on products other than oral products V/53

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

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