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CHOLESTEROL

Not on the EU Annex III list

CHOLESTEROL is listed in the European Commission CosIng inventory under the functional categories Skin Conditioning - Emollient, Surfactant - Emulsifying, Skin Conditioning, Light Stabilizer, Viscosity Controlling, with CAS number 57-88-5 and EC number 200-353-2. In the free INCIDB sample it appears on 3 product labels, reaching position 6 on Minerin Crème. Fulton (1989) grades it 0 on the 0–5 comedogenicity scale; that grade is transcribed as-is and is the only rating source used.

CAS REGISTRY NUMBER
57-88-5
EC NUMBER
200-353-2
COSING FUNCTIONS
Skin Conditioning - Emollient, Surfactant - Emulsifying, Skin Conditioning, Light Stabilizer, Viscosity Controlling
COMEDOGENIC RATING (FULTON 1989)
0 / 5

Sample products containing CHOLESTEROL

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
Minerin Crème #6
Hydrating facial cleanser #19
INGU Tri-peptide Balm Nude Pink #29

Query CHOLESTEROL in the full snapshot

import pyarrow.parquet as pq

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