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INCI ingredient

Dehydro-acetic Acid

Also listed as: Dehydroacetic Acid

Dehydro-acetic Acid appears on 2 ingredient lists in our database, most often in wipess.

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

Dehydro-acetic Acid appears on 2 ingredient lists in our database, most often in wipess.

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: preservative

Products with Dehydro-acetic Acid

in 2 products

Showing 2 of 2 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • preservative
  • 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 520-45-6 / 771-03-9 / 16807-48-0 · EC 208-293-9 / 212-227-4 / -

EU regulation

Listed in Annex V (ref. 13) of the EU Cosmetics Regulation, maximum concentration 0.6% (as acid). V/13

Source: CosIng, European Commission. Informative, no legal value; the regulation text is the reference.

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