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INCI ingredient

Propane

A propellant gas used with butane and isobutane in aerosols.

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

Propane is the lightest of the three hydrocarbon propellants. Blending it with butane and isobutane lets a formulator tune how fine or wet the spray is. It leaves the product as soon as it is sprayed. CosIng lists it as a propellant.

It comes from petroleum gas and affects none of the six checks.

Functions: propellant

Products with Propane

in 653 products

Showing 24 of 653 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • propellant
  • propellant: Generating pressure in an aerosol pack, expelling contents when the valve is opened. Some liquefied propellants can act as solvents.

CAS 74-98-6 · EC 200-827-9

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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