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INCI ingredient

Zea Mays Oil

Also listed as: Zea Mays Oil/Corn Oil

Zea Mays Oil appears on 24 ingredient lists in our database, most often in cream or lotions.

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

Zea Mays Oil appears on 24 ingredient lists in our database, most often in cream or lotions.

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

Products with Zea Mays Oil

in 24 products

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

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • surfactant - emulsifying
  • hair conditioning
  • fragrance
  • skin conditioning
  • perfuming
  • 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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