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INCI ingredient

Tocopherol Vitamine E

Also listed as: Tocopherol, Tocopherol (Vitamine E), Tocophérol (Vitamine E

Tocopherol Vitamine E appears on 6 ingredient lists in our database, most often in serums.

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

Tocopherol Vitamine E appears on 6 ingredient lists in our database, most often in serums.

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: antioxidant, fragrance, skin conditioning - miscellaneous, skin conditioning - occlusive

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • antioxidant
  • fragrance
  • skin conditioning - miscellaneous
  • skin conditioning - occlusive
  • antioxidant: Inhibiting reactions promoted by oxygen, thus avoiding oxidation and rancidity.
  • fragrance: Imparting an odour or taste. Creating a perceivable pleasant smell and/or masking a bad smell.
  • skin conditioning - miscellaneous: Enhancing the appearance of dry and/or damaged skin by reducing flaking and restoring suppleness.
  • skin conditioning - occlusive: Retarding the evaporation of water from the skin surface. Occlusives are generally lipids which tend to remain on the skin surface and thus increase the water content of skin.

CAS 54-28-4 (gamma)/ 16698-35-4(beta) / 10191-41-0(DL) / 119-13-1 / 1406-18-4 / 1406-66-2 / 2074-53-5 (DL) / 59-02-9 (D)/7616-22-0 · EC 200-201-5 / 240-747-1 / 233-466-0 / 204-299-0 /215-798-8 / - / 218-197-9 / 200-412-2 / -

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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