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INCI ingredient

Caramel

Caramel appears on 173 ingredient lists in our database, most often in shower gels.

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

Caramel appears on 173 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: colorant, fragrance

Products with Caramel

in 173 products

Showing 24 of 173 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • colorant
  • fragrance
  • colorant: Exclusively or mainly intended to colour the cosmetic product, the body as a whole or certain parts thereof, by absorption or reflection of visible light; (precursors of oxidative hair colorants shall be deemed colorants). All authorised colorants are substances in the positive list of Annex IV to the Cosmetics Regulation 1223/2009.
  • fragrance: Imparting an odour or taste. Creating a perceivable pleasant smell and/or masking a bad smell.

CAS 8028-89-5 · EC 232-435-9

EU regulation

Listed in Annex IV (ref. 146) of the EU Cosmetics Regulation. IV/146 Purity criteria as set out in Commission Directive 95/45/EC (E150a-d)

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

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