Menthol 0.042%
Also listed as: Menthol, Menthol (0.042%)
Menthol 0.042% appears on 2 ingredient lists in our database, most often in mouthwashs.
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
Menthol 0.042% appears on 2 ingredient lists in our database, most often in mouthwashs.
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: denaturant, fragrance, refreshing, soothing
Products with Menthol 0.042%
in 2 products
- no photoListerine FreshburstListerine · mouthwash
- no photoListerine Cool Mint AntisepticListerine · mouthwash
Showing 2 of 2 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.
In the EU ingredient database
- denaturant
- fragrance
- refreshing
- soothing
- denaturant: Rendering cosmetics unpalatable. Mostly added to cosmetics containing ethyl alcohol to make it unsuitable for ingestion.
- fragrance: Imparting an odour or taste. Creating a perceivable pleasant smell and/or masking a bad smell.
- refreshing: Imparting a pleasant freshness to the skin.
- soothing: Lightening discomfort of the skin or of the scalp.
CAS 1490-04-6 / 2216-51-5 / 89-78-1 / 15356-70-4 · EC 216-074-4 / 218-690-9 / 201-939-0 / 239-388-3
Listed in Annex III (ref. 338) of the EU Cosmetics Regulation. III/338
Source: CosIng, European Commission. Informative, no legal value; the regulation text is the reference.