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INCI ingredient

Pullulan

Pullulan appears on 23 ingredient lists in our database, most often in face makeups.

What it triggers

  • Vegan originNot sureorigin not on file
  • FragranceNonot a perfume ingredient
  • ParabenNonot a preservative of this family
  • SulfateNonot a sulfate surfactant
  • SiliconeNonot a silicone
  • AlcoholNonot a drying alcohol

What it does

Pullulan appears on 23 ingredient lists in our database, most often in face makeups.

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: binding, film forming

Products with Pullulan

in 23 products

Showing 23 of 23 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • binding
  • film forming
  • binding: Providing adhesive properties during and after compression in cosmetic tablets and/or cakes.
  • film forming: Producing (upon application) a continuous film on the skin, hair or nails.

CAS 9057-02-7 · EC 232-945-1

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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