INCI ingredient

Carmine

Also listed as: CI 75470

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

What it triggers

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

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.

Functions: colorant, fragrance

in 4 products

Showing 4 of 4 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

Functions listed by CosIng

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 1390-65-4 · EC 215-724-4

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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