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INCI ingredient

Glycerin Plant-derived

Also listed as: Glycerin, Glycerin (Plant-derived)

Glycerin Plant-derived appears on 2 ingredient lists in our database, most often in shower gels.

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

Glycerin Plant-derived appears on 2 ingredient lists in our database, most often in shower gels.

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: denaturant, hair conditioning, humectant, oral care, skin protecting, solvent, viscosity controlling, perfuming, fragrance, skin conditioning - humectant

Products with Glycerin Plant-derived

in 2 products

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

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • denaturant
  • hair conditioning
  • humectant
  • oral care
  • skin protecting
  • solvent
  • viscosity controlling
  • perfuming
  • fragrance
  • skin conditioning - humectant
  • denaturant: Rendering cosmetics unpalatable. Mostly added to cosmetics containing ethyl alcohol to make it unsuitable for ingestion.
  • hair conditioning: Enhancing the appearance and feel of hair. Leaving the hair easy to comb, supple, soft and shiny and/or imparting volume, lightness, gloss, texture, etc.
  • humectant: Retaining and/or preserving the moisture in a product during use.
  • oral care: Providing cosmetic effects to the oral cavity, e.g. cleansing, deodorising, protecting.

CAS 56-81-5 · EC 200-289-5

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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