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INCI ingredient

Lactoferrin

Lactoferrin appears on 19 ingredient lists in our database, most often in toothpastes.

What it triggers

  • Vegan originNoanimal-derived
  • FragranceNonot a perfume ingredient
  • ParabenNonot a preservative of this family
  • SulfateNonot a sulfate surfactant
  • SiliconeNonot a silicone
  • AlcoholNonot a drying alcohol

If a product lists Lactoferrin, its vegan answer is No. Nothing else changes.

What it does

Lactoferrin appears on 19 ingredient lists in our database, most often in toothpastes.

On the label it counts as vegan, which is why a product that lists it cannot be vegan.

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, skin conditioning

Products with Lactoferrin

in 19 products

Showing 19 of 19 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • hair conditioning
  • skin conditioning
  • 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.
  • skin conditioning: Maintaining the skin in good condition.
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.

Vegan instead

Classification from the INCI name; product lists from Open Beauty Facts.Report a mistake