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INCI ingredient

Dodecane

Dodecane appears on 17 ingredient lists in our database, most often in shavings.

What it triggers

  • Vegan originNot sureorigin not on file
  • FragranceNonot a perfume ingredient
  • ParabenNonot a preservative of this family
  • SulfateNonot a sulfate surfactant
  • SiliconeNonot a silicone
  • AlcoholNonot a drying alcohol

What it does

Dodecane appears on 17 ingredient lists in our database, most often in shavings.

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: perfuming

Products with Dodecane

in 17 products

Showing 17 of 17 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • perfuming
  • perfuming: Used for perfume and aromatic raw materials.

CAS 112-40-3 · EC 203-967-9

EU regulation

Not on a restricted-substances annex. Listed as an allowed cosmetic ingredient.

CosIng records a perfuming function for this ingredient.

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

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