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INCI ingredient

Hydroxypropylammonium Gluconate

Hydroxypropylammonium Gluconate appears on 12 ingredient lists in our database, most often in hair cares.

What it triggers

  • Vegan originNot sureorigin not on file
  • FragranceNonot a perfume ingredient
  • ParabenNonot a preservative of this family
  • SulfateNonot a sulfate surfactant
  • SiliconeNonot a silicone
  • AlcoholNonot a drying alcohol

What it does

Hydroxypropylammonium Gluconate appears on 12 ingredient lists in our database, most often in hair cares.

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: hair conditioning, humectant

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • hair conditioning
  • humectant
  • 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.
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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