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INCI ingredient

Sericin

Sericin appears on 7 ingredient lists in our database, most often in hair cares.

What it triggers

  • Vegan originNoanimal-derived
  • FragranceNonot a perfume ingredient
  • ParabenNonot a preservative of this family
  • SulfateNonot a sulfate surfactant
  • SiliconeNonot a silicone
  • AlcoholNonot a drying alcohol

If a product lists Sericin, its vegan answer is No. Nothing else changes.

What it does

Sericin appears on 7 ingredient lists in our database, most often in hair cares.

On the label it counts as vegan, which is why a product that lists it cannot be vegan.

We have not written the plain-language note for this ingredient yet; the facts above come straight from how it is classified.

Functions: antistatic, hair conditioning, skin conditioning, smoothing

Products with Sericin

in 7 products

Showing 7 of 7 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • antistatic
  • hair conditioning
  • skin conditioning
  • smoothing
  • antistatic: Preventing and/or reducing static electricity by neutralising electrical charge on surfaces.
  • 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.
  • skin conditioning: Maintaining the skin in good condition.
  • smoothing: Seeking to achieve an even skin surface by decreasing roughness or irregularities.

CAS 60650-88-6 / 60650-89-7 · EC - / -

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.

Vegan instead

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