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INCI ingredient

Mannitol

Mannitol appears on 78 ingredient lists in our database, most often in shower gels.

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

Mannitol appears on 78 ingredient lists in our database, most often in shower gels.

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: binding, humectant, fragrance, moisturising, skin conditioning

Products with Mannitol

in 78 products

Showing 24 of 78 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • binding
  • humectant
  • fragrance
  • moisturising
  • skin conditioning
  • binding: Providing adhesive properties during and after compression in cosmetic tablets and/or cakes.
  • humectant: Retaining and/or preserving the moisture in a product during use.
  • fragrance: Imparting an odour or taste. Creating a perceivable pleasant smell and/or masking a bad smell.
  • moisturising: Increasing the water content of the skin and keeping it soft and smooth.

CAS 69-65-8 · EC 200-711-8

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.

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