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2-METHYLRESORCINOL

Not on the EU Annex III list

2-METHYLRESORCINOL is listed in the European Commission CosIng inventory under the functional category Hair Dyeing, with CAS number 608-25-3 and EC number 210-155-8. CosIng records a restriction against it (III/243), so check the corresponding Annex entry before formulating. In the free INCIDB sample it appears on 2 product labels, reaching position 22 on Kératine Color 4.6 Châtain Chocolat.

CAS REGISTRY NUMBER
608-25-3
EC NUMBER
210-155-8
COSING FUNCTIONS
Hair Dyeing
COSING RESTRICTION
III/243

Sample products containing 2-METHYLRESORCINOL

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 #22
Clairol Colour Strong 8.1 Medium Ash Blonde 1 Pack #26

Query 2-METHYLRESORCINOL in the full snapshot

import pyarrow.parquet as pq

ingredients = pq.read_table('ingredients.parquet').to_pandas()
target = ingredients[ingredients['inci_name'] == "2-METHYLRESORCINOL"]
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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