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INCI ingredient

Lactose

Lactose appears on 51 ingredient lists in our database, most often in scrubs.

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 Lactose, its vegan answer is No. Nothing else changes.

What it does

Lactose appears on 51 ingredient lists in our database, most often in scrubs.

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: humectant, skin conditioning

Products with Lactose

in 51 products

Showing 24 of 51 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • humectant
  • skin conditioning
  • humectant: Retaining and/or preserving the moisture in a product during use.
  • skin conditioning: Maintaining the skin in good condition.

CAS 63-42-3 · EC 200-559-2

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