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INCI ingredient

Cetrimonium Bromide

Cetrimonium Bromide appears on 26 ingredient lists in our database, most often in wipess.

What it triggers

  • Vegan originNot sureplant or 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

Cetrimonium Bromide appears on 26 ingredient lists in our database, most often in wipess.

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: antimicrobial, antistatic, surfactant - emulsifying, preservative

Products with Cetrimonium Bromide

in 26 products

Showing 24 of 26 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • antimicrobial
  • antistatic
  • surfactant - emulsifying
  • preservative
  • antimicrobial: Preventing and/or slowing down microbial growth.
  • antistatic: Preventing and/or reducing static electricity by neutralising electrical charge on surfaces.
  • surfactant - emulsifying: Helping suspensions or dispersions of liquids in a second liquid by reducing the surface tension of the substances to be emulsified.
  • preservative: Exclusively or mainly intended to inhibit the development of micro-organisms in the cosmetic product. All authorised preservatives are substances in the positive list of Annex V to the Cosmetics Regulation 1223/2009.

CAS 57-09-0 · EC 200-311-3

EU regulation

Listed in Annex V (ref. 44) of the EU Cosmetics Regulation, maximum concentration 0.1%. V/44

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

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