ETHOXYDIGLYCOL
ETHOXYDIGLYCOL is listed in the European Commission CosIng inventory under the functional categories Humectant, Solvent, Perfuming, with CAS number 111-90-0 and EC number 203-919-7. CosIng also records it as 2-(2-Ethoxyethoxy)ethanol (chemical name), Carbitol (chemical name), Diethylene glycol monoethyl ether (chemical name) and DEGEE (chemical name). CosIng records a restriction against it (III/297), so check the corresponding Annex entry before formulating. In the free INCIDB sample it appears on 1 product label, reaching position 15 on www.THEORDINARY.COM. Fulton (1989) grades it 0 on the 0–5 comedogenicity scale; that grade is transcribed as-is and is the only rating source used.
Regulatory status by region
European Union
Official text (EN), quoted verbatim from the source list.
- Restricted · Annex III/297 · Product type: (a) Oxidative hair day products (b) Non-oxidative hair dye products (c) Rinse-off products other than hair dye products (d) Other non-spray cosmetic products (e) The following spray products: fine fragrances, hair sprays, antiperspirant and deodorant · Maximum concentration: (a) 7% (b) 5% (c) 10% (d) 2,6% (e)2,6% · Conditions: (a) to (e): The level of ethylene glycol impurity in Ethoxydiglycol must be ≤ 0,1 %. Not to be used in eye products and oral products · Instrument: (EU) 2016/314 · Source retrieved 2026-09-24
Sample products containing ETHOXYDIGLYCOL
Label positions from the free INCIDB sample. A lower position means the ingredient is declared earlier, i.e. present in a higher proportion.
Query ETHOXYDIGLYCOL in the full snapshot
import pyarrow.parquet as pq
ingredients = pq.read_table('ingredients.parquet').to_pandas()
target = ingredients[ingredients['inci_name'] == "ETHOXYDIGLYCOL"]
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.