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INCI ingredient

PCA

PCA appears on 45 ingredient lists in our database, most often in cream or lotions.

What it triggers

  • Vegan originNot sureorigin not on file
  • FragranceNonot a perfume ingredient
  • ParabenNonot a preservative of this family
  • SulfateNonot a sulfate surfactant
  • SiliconeNonot a silicone
  • AlcoholNonot a drying alcohol

What it does

PCA appears on 45 ingredient lists in our database, most often in cream or lotions.

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: humectant, moisturising

Products with PCA

in 45 products

Showing 24 of 45 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • humectant
  • moisturising
  • humectant: Retaining and/or preserving the moisture in a product during use.
  • moisturising: Increasing the water content of the skin and keeping it soft and smooth.

CAS 98-79-3 · EC 202-700-3

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.

Classification from the INCI name; product lists from Open Beauty Facts.Report a mistake