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INCI ingredient

Betaine Sugar Beet Extract

Also listed as: Betaine, Betaine (Sugar Beet Extract)

Betaine Sugar Beet Extract appears on 15 ingredient lists in our database, most often in shower gels.

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

Betaine Sugar Beet Extract appears on 15 ingredient lists in our database, most often in shower gels.

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: hair conditioning, humectant, skin conditioning - humectant

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • hair conditioning
  • humectant
  • skin conditioning - humectant
  • hair conditioning: Enhancing the appearance and feel of hair. Leaving the hair easy to comb, supple, soft and shiny and/or imparting volume, lightness, gloss, texture, etc.
  • humectant: Retaining and/or preserving the moisture in a product during use.
  • skin conditioning - humectant: Increasing the water content of the top layers of the skin. Humectants are primarily hygroscopic agents drawing moisture from the surrounding air.

CAS 107-43-7/ 590-47-6 · EC 203-490-6/ 209-684-7

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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