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INCI ingredient

Isopentane

Isopentane appears on 47 ingredient lists in our database, most often in shavings.

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

Isopentane appears on 47 ingredient lists in our database, most often in shavings.

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: propellant, solvent, viscosity controlling

Products with Isopentane

in 47 products

Showing 24 of 47 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • propellant
  • solvent
  • viscosity controlling
  • propellant: Generating pressure in an aerosol pack, expelling contents when the valve is opened. Some liquefied propellants can act as solvents.
  • solvent: Dissolving other components of cosmetics. Solvents are usually liquids (aqueous and nonaqueous).
  • viscosity controlling: Increasing or decreasing the viscosity (thickness) of cosmetics.

CAS 78-78-4 · EC 201-142-8

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