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INCI ingredient

Poly Vinyl Alcohol

Also listed as: Polyvinyl Alcohol, Poly(Vinyl Alcohol)

Poly Vinyl Alcohol appears on 3 ingredient lists in our database.

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

Poly Vinyl Alcohol appears on 3 ingredient lists in our database.

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: film forming, viscosity controlling

Products with Poly Vinyl Alcohol

in 3 products

Showing 3 of 3 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • film forming
  • viscosity controlling
  • film forming: Producing (upon application) a continuous film on the skin, hair or nails.
  • viscosity controlling: Increasing or decreasing the viscosity (thickness) of cosmetics.

CAS 9002-89-5 / 25213-24-5

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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