CETYL ALCOHOL

CETYL ALCOHOL is listed in the European Commission CosIng inventory under the functional categories Skin Conditioning - Emollient, Surfactant - Emulsifying, Emulsion Stabilising, Surfactant - Foam Boosting, Fragrance, Opacifying, Surfactant - Cleansing, Viscosity Controlling, with CAS number 36653-82-4 and EC number 253-149-0. In the free INCIDB sample it appears on 19 product labels, reaching position 2 on Après-shampooing Blond lumière. 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 CETYL ALCOHOL

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

Query CETYL ALCOHOL in the full snapshot

import pyarrow.parquet as pq

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