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INCI ingredient

C12-13 Alcohols

C12-13 Alcohols appears on 3 ingredient lists in our database, most often in liquid soaps.

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

C12-13 Alcohols appears on 3 ingredient lists in our database, most often in liquid soaps.

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: skin conditioning - emollient, emulsion stabilising, viscosity controlling

Products with C12-13 Alcohols

in 3 products

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • skin conditioning - emollient
  • emulsion stabilising
  • viscosity controlling
  • skin conditioning - emollient: Acting as lubricants on the skin surface providing the skin with a soft and smooth appearance.
  • emulsion stabilising: Helping the process of emulsification and improving emulsion stability and shelf-life.
  • viscosity controlling: Increasing or decreasing the viscosity (thickness) of cosmetics.

CAS 75782-86-4 · EC 278-306-0

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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