Piroctone Olamina
Also listed as: Piroctone
Piroctone Olamina appears on 2 ingredient lists in our database, most often in shampoos.
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
Piroctone Olamina appears on 2 ingredient lists in our database, most often in shampoos.
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: antimicrobial, preservative
Products with Piroctone Olamina
in 2 products
- no photoHair System by Watsons Micellar Botanical Purifying ShampooHair System by Watsons · shampoo
- no photoHead & Shoulders Shampoo AntiforforaHead & Shoulders · anti-dandruff shampoo
Showing 2 of 2 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.
In the EU ingredient database
- antimicrobial
- preservative
- antimicrobial: Preventing and/or slowing down microbial growth.
- preservative: Exclusively or mainly intended to inhibit the development of micro-organisms in the cosmetic product. All authorised preservatives are substances in the positive list of Annex V to the Cosmetics Regulation 1223/2009.
CAS 50650-76-5
Listed in Annex V (ref. 35) of the EU Cosmetics Regulation, maximum concentration a) 1.0% b) 0.5%. a) Rinse-off products b) Other products V/35
Source: CosIng, European Commission. Informative, no legal value; the regulation text is the reference.