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INCI ingredient

Tributyl Citrate

Tributyl Citrate appears on 15 ingredient lists in our database, most often in scrubs.

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

Tributyl Citrate appears on 15 ingredient lists in our database, most often in scrubs.

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: film forming, plasticiser, solvent

Products with Tributyl Citrate

in 15 products

Showing 15 of 15 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • film forming
  • plasticiser
  • solvent
  • film forming: Producing (upon application) a continuous film on the skin, hair or nails.
  • plasticiser: Softening and making supple synthetic polumers that otherwise could not be easily deformed, spread or worked out.
  • solvent: Dissolving other components of cosmetics. Solvents are usually liquids (aqueous and nonaqueous).

CAS 77-94-1 · EC 201-071-2

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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