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INCI ingredient

Cholesterol

Cholesterol appears on 112 ingredient lists in our database, most often in cream or lotions.

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 Cholesterol, its vegan answer is No. Nothing else changes.

What it does

Cholesterol appears on 112 ingredient lists in our database, most often in cream or lotions.

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: skin conditioning - emollient, surfactant - emulsifying, skin conditioning, light stabilizer, viscosity controlling

Products with Cholesterol

in 112 products

Showing 24 of 112 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • skin conditioning - emollient
  • surfactant - emulsifying
  • skin conditioning
  • light stabilizer
  • viscosity controlling
  • skin conditioning - emollient: Acting as lubricants on the skin surface providing the skin with a soft and smooth appearance.
  • surfactant - emulsifying: Helping suspensions or dispersions of liquids in a second liquid by reducing the surface tension of the substances to be emulsified.
  • skin conditioning: Maintaining the skin in good condition.
  • light stabilizer: Protecting the cosmetic product from deterioration effects of light.

CAS 57-88-5 · EC 200-353-2

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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