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C16-18 alcohols, ethoxylated (20 mol EO average molar ratio)

CETEARETH-20 is listed in the European Commission CosIng inventory under the functional categories Cleansing, Surfactant - Emulsifying, Surfactant - Cleansing, with CAS number 68439-49-6. In the free INCIDB sample it appears on 4 product labels, reaching position 6 on Crème hydratante visage et corps. Fulton (1989) grades it 2 on the 0–5 comedogenicity scale; that grade is transcribed as-is and is the only rating source used.

Sample products containing CETEARETH-20

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

Query CETEARETH-20 in the full snapshot

import pyarrow.parquet as pq

ingredients = pq.read_table('ingredients.parquet').to_pandas()
target = ingredients[ingredients['inci_name'] == "CETEARETH-20"]
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.