Polyethylene Terephtalate
Also listed as: Polyethylene
Polyethylene Terephtalate appears on 2 ingredient lists in our database, most often in baby cares.
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
Polyethylene Terephtalate appears on 2 ingredient lists in our database, most often in baby cares.
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: abrasive, film forming, viscosity controlling
Products with Polyethylene Terephtalate
in 2 products
Maybelline Baby Lips Electro Strike a RoseMaybelline · baby care- no photoMaybelline Express finish shock control 19 Rose douxMaybelline · hand cream
Showing 2 of 2 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.
In the EU ingredient database
- abrasive
- film forming
- viscosity controlling
- abrasive: Removing unwanted tissue or foreign materials from various body surfaces, including mechanical tooth cleaning and/or gloss improvement.
- 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 9002-88-4
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.