INCI ingredient

Zea Mays Corn Oil

Also listed as: Zea Mays Oil, Zea Mays (Corn) Oil

Zea Mays Corn Oil appears on 10 ingredient lists in our database, most often in shower gels.

What it triggers

Zea Mays Corn Oil appears on 10 ingredient lists in our database, most often in shower gels.

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: surfactant - emulsifying, hair conditioning, fragrance, skin conditioning, perfuming

in 10 products

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Functions listed by CosIng

surfactant - emulsifying: Helping suspensions or dispersions of liquids in a second liquid by reducing the surface tension of the substances to be emulsified.
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.
fragrance: Imparting an odour or taste. Creating a perceivable pleasant smell and/or masking a bad smell.
skin conditioning: Maintaining the skin in good condition.

CAS 8001-30-7 · EC 232-281-2

EU regulation

Not on a restricted-substances annex. Listed as an allowed cosmetic ingredient.

CosIng records a perfuming function for this ingredient.

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

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