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INCI ingredient

CI 19140

Also listed as: Tartrazine, Yellow 5, CI 19140 (Yellow 5), CI 19140 / Yellow 5, Yellow 5 (Ci 19140), CI 19140 / Yellow 5 Lake

Tartrazine, a synthetic yellow dye identified by its colour index number.

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

CI 19140 is the colour index name for tartrazine, also called Yellow 5 or FD&C Yellow No. 5. Brands add it to tint shower gels, shampoos, toothpaste and makeup; a few drops colour a whole batch. CosIng lists it as a colorant and hair dye ingredient.

It is synthetic and affects none of the six checks.

Functions: colorant

Products with CI 19140

in 1,231 products

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In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • colorant
  • hair dyeing
  • 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.
  • hair dyeing: Imparting color to hair. Hair dyeing preparations may be temporary, semi-permanent, permanent, depending on the length of time the colorant remains on the hair.

CAS 1934-21-0 · EC 217-699-5

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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