Methyl - Isothiazolinone
Also listed as: Methylisothiazolinone
Methyl - Isothiazolinone appears on 2 ingredient lists in our database, most often in liquid soaps.
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
Methyl - Isothiazolinone appears on 2 ingredient lists in our database, most often in liquid soaps.
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: preservative
Products with Methyl - Isothiazolinone
in 2 products
- no photoDettol Liquid HandwashDettol · liquid soap
Regina Kräuter-Kur Bad Melisse mit WintergrasRegina
Showing 2 of 2 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.
In the EU ingredient database
- preservative
- preservative: Exclusively or mainly intended to inhibit the development of micro-organisms in the cosmetic product. All authorised preservatives are substances in the positive list of Annex V to the Cosmetics Regulation 1223/2009.
CAS 2682-20-4 · EC 220-239-6
Listed in Annex V (ref. 57) of the EU Cosmetics Regulation, maximum concentration 0,0015 % Rinse-off products. V/57 V/39
Source: CosIng, European Commission. Informative, no legal value; the regulation text is the reference.
