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INCI ingredient

Isopropylalcohol

Also listed as: Isopropyl Alcohol

Isopropylalcohol appears on 5 ingredient lists in our database.

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

Isopropylalcohol appears on 5 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: antifoaming, solvent, viscosity controlling, perfuming

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • antifoaming
  • solvent
  • viscosity controlling
  • perfuming
  • antifoaming: Suppressing foam during manufacturing or reducing the tendency of finished products to generate foam.
  • solvent: Dissolving other components of cosmetics. Solvents are usually liquids (aqueous and nonaqueous).
  • viscosity controlling: Increasing or decreasing the viscosity (thickness) of cosmetics.
  • perfuming: Used for perfume and aromatic raw materials.

CAS 67-63-0 · EC 200-661-7

EU regulation

Not on a restricted-substances annex. Listed as an allowed cosmetic ingredient.

CosIng records a perfuming function for this ingredient.

Source: CosIng, European Commission. Informative, no legal value; the regulation text is the reference.

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