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INCI ingredient

Panthenol

Also listed as: Panthénol, Panthenol), (Panthenol), Panthenol/Pantenol

Provitamin B5, a soothing humectant used in skin and hair care.

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

Panthenol converts to pantothenic acid in the skin. It attracts water, softens and is well tolerated, which is why it shows up in everything from face creams to shampoos.

It is made synthetically and affects none of the six checks.

Functions: humectant, skin conditioning

Products with Panthenol

in 1,783 products

Showing 24 of 1,783 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • antistatic
  • hair conditioning
  • skin conditioning
  • antistatic: Preventing and/or reducing static electricity by neutralising electrical charge on surfaces.
  • hair conditioning: Enhancing the appearance and feel of hair. Leaving the hair easy to comb, supple, soft and shiny and/or imparting volume, lightness, gloss, texture, etc.
  • skin conditioning: Maintaining the skin in good condition.

CAS 81-13-0 / 16485-10-2 · EC 201-327-3 / 240-540-6

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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