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INCI ingredient

Hydrolyzed Corn Starch

Hydrolyzed Corn Starch appears on 28 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
  • AlcoholNonot a drying alcohol

What it does

Hydrolyzed Corn Starch appears on 28 ingredient lists in our database.

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: binding, humectant, skin conditioning, viscosity controlling

Products with Hydrolyzed Corn Starch

in 28 products

Showing 24 of 28 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • binding
  • humectant
  • skin conditioning
  • viscosity controlling
  • binding: Providing adhesive properties during and after compression in cosmetic tablets and/or cakes.
  • humectant: Retaining and/or preserving the moisture in a product during use.
  • skin conditioning: Maintaining the skin in good condition.
  • viscosity controlling: Increasing or decreasing the viscosity (thickness) of cosmetics.

CAS 8029-43-4 · EC 232-436-4

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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