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INCI ingredient

Xylitol

A sugar alcohol used as a sweetener in oral care and as a humectant in skin care.

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

Xylitol is a sugar alcohol made from birch wood or corn cobs. Toothpaste, mouthwash and chewing gum use it for its sweetness and cooling taste; creams use it to bind water. CosIng lists it as humectant, flavouring and skin conditioning.

It is plant-derived and affects none of the six checks.

Functions: humectant, flavouring

Products with Xylitol

in 327 products

Showing 24 of 327 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • anti-seborrheic
  • deodorant
  • humectant
  • flavouring
  • skin conditioning - humectant
  • anti-seborrheic: Preventing or relieving the symptoms of seborrhea and/or seborrheic dermatitis, including dandruff.
  • deodorant: Reducing and/or eluminating unpleasant odour. Contributing against the formation of malodour on body surfaces.
  • humectant: Retaining and/or preserving the moisture in a product during use.
  • flavouring: Imparting taste and/or flavour to a cosmetic product.

CAS 87-99-0 · EC 201-788-0

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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