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INCI ingredient

Mel Extract

Also listed as: Mel Extract/Honey Extract, Mel Extract / Honey Extract, Mél Extract

Mel Extract appears on 44 ingredient lists in our database, most often in shampoos.

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

What it does

Mel Extract appears on 44 ingredient lists in our database, most often in shampoos.

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: moisturising

Products with Mel Extract

in 44 products

Showing 24 of 44 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • moisturising
  • moisturising: Increasing the water content of the skin and keeping it soft and smooth.

CAS 91052-92-5 / 8026-66-8 · EC 293-255-4

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