Octocrylene 2.7%
Also listed as: Octocrylene
Octocrylene 2.7% appears on 2 ingredient lists in our database, most often in sunscreens.
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
Octocrylene 2.7% appears on 2 ingredient lists in our database, most often in sunscreens.
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: light stabilizer, uv absorber, uv filter
Products with Octocrylene 2.7%
in 2 products
- no photoCeraVe AM Facial Moisturizing Lotion SPF 30CeraVe · sunscreen
- no photoCetaphil Pro Oil Absorbing Moisturizer SPF 30Cetaphil · sunscreen
Showing 2 of 2 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.
In the EU ingredient database
- light stabilizer
- uv absorber
- uv filter
- light stabilizer: Protecting the cosmetic product from deterioration effects of light.
- uv absorber: Protecting the cosmetic product from the effects of UV-light.
- uv filter: Exclusively or mainly intended to protect the skin and/or hair against certain UV radiation by absorbing, reflecting or scattering UV radiation. All authorised UV filters are substances in the positive list of Annex VI to the Cosmetics Regulation 1223/2009.
CAS 6197-30-4 · EC 228-250-8
Listed in Annex VI (ref. 10) of the EU Cosmetics Regulation, maximum concentration a) 9% b) 10% Footnote (*3): Benzophenone as an impurity and/or degradation product of Octocrylene shall be kept at trace level.. a) Propellant spray products b) Other products VI/10
Source: CosIng, European Commission. Informative, no legal value; the regulation text is the reference.