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INCI ingredient

Mel

Also listed as: Mel / Honey, Mel/Honey/Miel, Mel/Honey, Mel/ Honey

Mel appears on 90 ingredient lists in our database, most often in cream or lotions.

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

What it does

Mel appears on 90 ingredient lists in our database, most often in cream or lotions.

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: skin conditioning - emollient, humectant, moisturising

Products with Mel

in 90 products

Showing 24 of 90 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • skin conditioning - emollient
  • humectant
  • moisturising
  • skin conditioning - emollient: Acting as lubricants on the skin surface providing the skin with a soft and smooth appearance.
  • humectant: Retaining and/or preserving the moisture in a product during use.
  • moisturising: Increasing the water content of the skin and keeping it soft and smooth.

CAS 8028-66-8

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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