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INCI ingredient

Carmine

Carmine appears on 4 ingredient lists in our database, most often in lip balms.

What it triggers

  • Vegan originNoanimal-derived
  • FragranceNonot a perfume ingredient
  • ParabenNonot a preservative of this family
  • SulfateNonot a sulfate surfactant
  • SiliconeNonot a silicone
  • AlcoholNonot a drying alcohol

If a product lists Carmine, its vegan answer is No. Nothing else changes.

What it does

Carmine appears on 4 ingredient lists in our database, most often in lip balms.

On the label it counts as vegan, which is why a product that lists it cannot be vegan.

We have not written the plain-language note for this ingredient yet; the facts above come straight from how it is classified.

Classification from the INCI name; product lists from Open Beauty Facts.Report a mistake