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CETEARYL ALCOHOL

Not on the EU Annex III list

Alcohols, C16-18

CETEARYL ALCOHOL is listed in the European Commission CosIng inventory under the functional categories Skin Conditioning - Emollient, Surfactant - Emulsifying, Emulsion Stabilising, Surfactant - Foam Boosting, Opacifying, Surfactant - Cleansing, Viscosity Controlling, with CAS number 67762-27-0 / 8005-44-5 and EC number 267-008-6. In the free INCIDB sample it appears on 30 product labels, reaching position 2 on Moisture Me Rich Total Results Shampoo. Fulton (1989) grades it 2 on the 0–5 comedogenicity scale; that grade is transcribed as-is and is the only rating source used.

CAS REGISTRY NUMBER
67762-27-0 / 8005-44-5
EC NUMBER
267-008-6
COSING FUNCTIONS
Skin Conditioning - Emollient, Surfactant - Emulsifying, Emulsion Stabilising, Surfactant - Foam Boosting, Opacifying, Surfactant - Cleansing, Viscosity Controlling
COMEDOGENIC RATING (FULTON 1989)
2 / 5

Sample products containing CETEARYL ALCOHOL

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

PRODUCT LABEL POSITION
Kératine Color 4.6 Châtain Chocolat #29
Masque Argile Purifiant Pores #8
Moisture Me Rich Total Results Shampoo #2
Crème réparatrice pieds très secs #7
The body shop crème exfoliante corps pêche de vigne #6
Body Lotion #5
Aloe Vera Gesichtscreme #6
Viso 50 alta #12

Query CETEARYL ALCOHOL in the full snapshot

import pyarrow.parquet as pq

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

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