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INCI ingredient

Honey

Also listed as: Miel), Miel, Miel (Honey), Honey/Miel

Honey appears on 35 ingredient lists in our database, most often in hair conditioners.

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 Honey, its vegan answer is No. Nothing else changes.

What it does

Honey appears on 35 ingredient lists in our database, most often in hair conditioners.

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: humectant, skin conditioning, flavouring

Products with Honey

in 35 products

Showing 24 of 35 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • humectant
  • skin conditioning
  • flavouring
  • humectant: Retaining and/or preserving the moisture in a product during use.
  • skin conditioning: Maintaining the skin in good condition.
  • flavouring: Imparting taste and/or flavour to a cosmetic product.

CAS 8028-66-8

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