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INCI ingredient

Benzophenone-1

Benzophenone-1 appears on 101 ingredient lists in our database, most often in nail productss.

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

Benzophenone-1 appears on 101 ingredient lists in our database, most often in nail productss.

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: light stabilizer, uv absorber

Products with Benzophenone-1

in 101 products

Showing 24 of 101 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • light stabilizer
  • uv absorber
  • light stabilizer: Protecting the cosmetic product from deterioration effects of light.
  • uv absorber: Protecting the cosmetic product from the effects of UV-light.

CAS 131-56-6 · EC 205-029-4

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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