BETAINE
Betaine is the zwitterion (inner salt) that conforms to the formula
BETAINE is listed in the European Commission CosIng inventory under the functional categories Hair Conditioning, Humectant, Skin Conditioning - Humectant, with CAS number 107-43-7/ 590-47-6 and EC number 203-490-6/ 209-684-7. CosIng also records it as Methanaminium, 1-carboxy-N,N,N-trimethyl-, hydroxide, inner salt (chemical name). In the free INCIDB sample it appears on 5 product labels, reaching position 5 on Hydrating facial cleanser.
Sample products containing BETAINE
Label positions from the free INCIDB sample. A lower position means the ingredient is declared earlier, i.e. present in a higher proportion.
Query BETAINE in the full snapshot
import pyarrow.parquet as pq
ingredients = pq.read_table('ingredients.parquet').to_pandas()
target = ingredients[ingredients['inci_name'] == "BETAINE"]
print(target[['ingredient_id', 'functions', 'cas_number', 'is_common_allergen']])The complete snapshot covers 18,583 products. Coverage of each enrichment column is published, both per distinct name and weighted by label occurrence — see the coverage table.