CERESIN

Ceresin. A complex combination of hydrocarbons produced by the purification of ozocerite with sulfuric acid and filtration through bone black to form waxy cakes

CERESIN is listed in the European Commission CosIng inventory under the functional categories Antistatic, Binding, Emulsion Stabilising, Hair Conditioning, Opacifying, Viscosity Controlling, with CAS number 8001-75-0 and EC number 232-290-1. In the free INCIDB sample it appears on 2 product labels, reaching position 4 on Minerin Crème.

Sample products containing CERESIN

Label positions from the free INCIDB sample. A lower position means the ingredient is declared earlier, i.e. present in a higher proportion.

Query CERESIN in the full snapshot

import pyarrow.parquet as pq

ingredients = pq.read_table('ingredients.parquet').to_pandas()
target = ingredients[ingredients['inci_name'] == "CERESIN"]
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.