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INCI ingredient

Polyquaternium-76

Polyquaternium-76 appears on 5 ingredient lists in our database, most often in anti-dandruff 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

Polyquaternium-76 appears on 5 ingredient lists in our database, most often in anti-dandruff 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: antistatic, film forming, hair conditioning, hair fixing

Products with Polyquaternium-76

in 5 products

Showing 5 of 5 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • antistatic
  • film forming
  • hair conditioning
  • hair fixing
  • antistatic: Preventing and/or reducing static electricity by neutralising electrical charge on surfaces.
  • film forming: Producing (upon application) a continuous film on the skin, hair or nails.
  • hair conditioning: Enhancing the appearance and feel of hair. Leaving the hair easy to comb, supple, soft and shiny and/or imparting volume, lightness, gloss, texture, etc.
  • hair fixing: Permitting physical control of hair style.
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.

Classification from the INCI name; product lists from Open Beauty Facts.Report a mistake