Cocoalkonium Chloride
Cocoalkonium Chloride appears on 2 ingredient lists in our database.
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
Cocoalkonium Chloride appears on 2 ingredient lists in our database.
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: antistatic, hair conditioning, preservative
Products with Cocoalkonium Chloride
in 2 products
Showing 2 of 2 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.
In the EU ingredient database
- antistatic
- hair conditioning
- preservative
- antistatic: Preventing and/or reducing static electricity by neutralising electrical charge on surfaces.
- hair conditioning: Enhancing the appearance and feel of hair. Leaving the hair easy to comb, supple, soft and shiny and/or imparting volume, lightness, gloss, texture, etc.
- 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 61789-71-7 · EC 263-080-8
Listed in Annex V (ref. 54) of the EU Cosmetics Regulation, maximum concentration 0.1% (as benzalkonium chloride). V/54 Avoid contact with eyes
Source: CosIng, European Commission. Informative, no legal value; the regulation text is the reference.

