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INCI ingredient

Ethanol

Also listed as: éthanol

Ethanol appears on 20 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
  • AlcoholYesa drying alcohol

If a product lists Ethanol, its alcohol-free answer is No. Nothing else changes.

What it does

Ethanol appears on 20 ingredient lists in our database.

On the label it counts as alcohol, which is why a product that lists it cannot be alcohol-free.

We have not written the plain-language note for this ingredient yet; the facts above come straight from how it is classified.

Products with Ethanol

in 20 products

Showing 20 of 20 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

Alcohol-free instead

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