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INCI ingredient

Dehydroxanthan Gum

Dehydroxanthan Gum appears on 19 ingredient lists in our database, most often in scrubs.

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

Dehydroxanthan Gum appears on 19 ingredient lists in our database, most often in scrubs.

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: emulsion stabilising, film forming, hair fixing, viscosity controlling

Products with Dehydroxanthan Gum

in 19 products

Showing 19 of 19 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • emulsion stabilising
  • film forming
  • hair fixing
  • viscosity controlling
  • emulsion stabilising: Helping the process of emulsification and improving emulsion stability and shelf-life.
  • film forming: Producing (upon application) a continuous film on the skin, hair or nails.
  • hair fixing: Permitting physical control of hair style.
  • viscosity controlling: Increasing or decreasing the viscosity (thickness) of cosmetics.
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.

Classification from the INCI name; product lists from Open Beauty Facts.Report a mistake