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INCI ingredient

Cetylpyridinium Chloride

Also listed as: Cetylpyridinium Chloride)

Cetylpyridinium Chloride appears on 97 ingredient lists in our database, most often in mouthwashs.

What it triggers

  • Vegan originYesno 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

Cetylpyridinium Chloride appears on 97 ingredient lists in our database, most often in mouthwashs.

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, deodorant, oral care

Products with Cetylpyridinium Chloride

in 97 products

Showing 24 of 97 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • antimicrobial
  • antistatic
  • deodorant
  • oral care
  • antimicrobial: Preventing and/or slowing down microbial growth.
  • antistatic: Preventing and/or reducing static electricity by neutralising electrical charge on surfaces.
  • deodorant: Reducing and/or eluminating unpleasant odour. Contributing against the formation of malodour on body surfaces.
  • oral care: Providing cosmetic effects to the oral cavity, e.g. cleansing, deodorising, protecting.

CAS 123-03-5/ 6004-24-6 · EC 204-593-9/ -

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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