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INCI ingredient

Gelatin

Gelatin appears on 10 ingredient lists in our database, most often in shower gels.

What it triggers

  • Vegan originNoanimal-derived
  • FragranceNonot a perfume ingredient
  • ParabenNonot a preservative of this family
  • SulfateNonot a sulfate surfactant
  • SiliconeNonot a silicone
  • AlcoholNonot a drying alcohol

If a product lists Gelatin, its vegan answer is No. Nothing else changes.

What it does

Gelatin appears on 10 ingredient lists in our database, most often in shower gels.

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

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

Functions: film forming, viscosity controlling

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • film forming
  • viscosity controlling
  • film forming: Producing (upon application) a continuous film on the skin, hair or nails.
  • viscosity controlling: Increasing or decreasing the viscosity (thickness) of cosmetics.

CAS 9000-70-8 · EC 232-554-6

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.

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