INCI ingredient

Phenylbenzimidazole Sulfonic Acid

Phenylbenzimidazole Sulfonic Acid appears on 197 ingredient lists in our database, most often in sunscreens.

What it triggers

Phenylbenzimidazole Sulfonic Acid appears on 197 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

in 197 products

Showing 24 of 197 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

Functions listed by CosIng

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 27503-81-7 · EC 248-502-0

EU regulation

Listed in Annex VI (ref. 6) of the EU Cosmetics Regulation, maximum concentration 8%(as acid). VI/6

Source: CosIng, European Commission. Informative, no legal value; the regulation text is the reference.

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