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INCI ingredient

Sorbic Acid Preservative

Also listed as: Sorbic Acid, Sorbic Acid (Preservative)

Sorbic Acid Preservative appears on 2 ingredient lists in our database, most often in face creams.

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

Sorbic Acid Preservative appears on 2 ingredient lists in our database, most often in face creams.

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: fragrance, preservative

Products with Sorbic Acid Preservative

in 2 products

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • fragrance
  • preservative
  • fragrance: Imparting an odour or taste. Creating a perceivable pleasant smell and/or masking a bad smell.
  • preservative: Exclusively or mainly intended to inhibit the development of micro-organisms in the cosmetic product. All authorised preservatives are substances in the positive list of Annex V to the Cosmetics Regulation 1223/2009.

CAS 110-44-1 · EC 203-768-7

EU regulation

Listed in Annex V (ref. 4) of the EU Cosmetics Regulation, maximum concentration 0.6% (acid). V/4

Source: CosIng, European Commission. Informative, no legal value; the regulation text is the reference.

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