PEG 400
Also listed as: PEG-400
PEG 400 appears on 2 ingredient lists in our database, most often in bar soaps.
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
PEG 400 appears on 2 ingredient lists in our database, most often in bar 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: binding, emulsion stabilising, solvent
Products with PEG 400
in 2 products
Yardley London Yardley Clear Gel Bat Gardenia and waterlilyYardley London · bar soap- no photoHello Kitty KIDS Tutti-FruttiHello Kitty · toothpaste
Showing 2 of 2 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.
In the EU ingredient database
Functions listed by CosIng
- binding
- emulsion stabilising
- solvent
- binding: Providing adhesive properties during and after compression in cosmetic tablets and/or cakes.
- emulsion stabilising: Helping the process of emulsification and improving emulsion stability and shelf-life.
- solvent: Dissolving other components of cosmetics. Solvents are usually liquids (aqueous and nonaqueous).
CAS 25322-68-3
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.
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