Citric Acid Hexyl Cinnamal
Also listed as: Citric Acid
Citric Acid Hexyl Cinnamal appears on 2 ingredient lists in our database, most often in hair conditioners.
What it triggers
- Vegan originYesno animal source
- FragranceYescounts as fragrance
- ParabenNonot a preservative of this family
- SulfateNonot a sulfate surfactant
- SiliconeNonot a silicone
- AlcoholNonot a drying alcohol
If a product lists Citric Acid Hexyl Cinnamal, its fragrance-free answer is No. Nothing else changes.
What it does
Citric Acid Hexyl Cinnamal appears on 2 ingredient lists in our database, most often in hair conditioners.
On the label it counts as fragrance, which is why a product that lists it cannot be fragrance-free.
We have not written the plain-language note for this ingredient yet; the facts above come straight from how it is classified.
Functions: buffering, chelating, fragrance
Products with Citric Acid Hexyl Cinnamal
in 2 products
- no photoChiron ConditionerChiron · hair conditioner
McBride Shampooing douche Corps et Cheveux Fraîcheur MentholMcBride · shampoo
Showing 2 of 2 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.
In the EU ingredient database
- buffering
- chelating
- fragrance
- buffering: Stabilising the pH of an aqueous medium in a narrow range even if an acid or base is added. Altering and/or maintaining a cosmetic product's pH at the desired level.
- chelating: Forming complexes with metal ions which could affect the stability and/or appearance of cosmetics.
- fragrance: Imparting an odour or taste. Creating a perceivable pleasant smell and/or masking a bad smell.
CAS 77-92-9 / 5949-29-1 · EC 201-069-1
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.
