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INCI ingredient

Linoleic Acid

Linoleic Acid appears on 36 ingredient lists in our database, most often in face creams.

What it triggers

  • Vegan originYesno animal source
  • FragranceNonot a perfume ingredient
  • ParabenNonot a preservative of this family
  • SulfateNonot a sulfate surfactant
  • SiliconeNonot a silicone
  • AlcoholNonot a drying alcohol

What it does

Linoleic Acid appears on 36 ingredient lists in our database, most often in face creams.

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: antistatic, cleansing, skin conditioning - emollient, hair conditioning, skin conditioning, surfactant - cleansing

Products with Linoleic Acid

in 36 products

Showing 24 of 36 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • antistatic
  • cleansing
  • skin conditioning - emollient
  • hair conditioning
  • skin conditioning
  • surfactant - cleansing
  • antistatic: Preventing and/or reducing static electricity by neutralising electrical charge on surfaces.
  • cleansing: Helping to keep the body surface clean.
  • skin conditioning - emollient: Acting as lubricants on the skin surface providing the skin with a soft and smooth appearance.
  • 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.

CAS 60-33-3 (CIS) · EC 200-470-9 (CIS)

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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