Hydroxyethyl - Cellulose
Also listed as: Hydroxyethylcellulose
Hydroxyethyl - Cellulose appears on 2 ingredient lists in our database, most often in toothpastes.
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
Hydroxyethyl - Cellulose appears on 2 ingredient lists in our database, most often in toothpastes.
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, emulsion stabilising, film forming, light stabilizer, viscosity controlling
Products with Hydroxyethyl - Cellulose
in 2 products
Showing 2 of 2 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.
In the EU ingredient database
- binding
- emulsion stabilising
- film forming
- light stabilizer
- viscosity controlling
- binding: Providing adhesive properties during and after compression in cosmetic tablets and/or cakes.
- emulsion stabilising: Helping the process of emulsification and improving emulsion stability and shelf-life.
- film forming: Producing (upon application) a continuous film on the skin, hair or nails.
- light stabilizer: Protecting the cosmetic product from deterioration effects of light.
CAS 9004-62-0
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.