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DMDM HYDANTOIN

Not on the EU Annex III list

DMDM Hydantoin is the organic compound that conforms to the formula:

DMDM HYDANTOIN is listed in the European Commission CosIng inventory under the functional category Preservative, with CAS number 6440-58-0 and EC number 229-222-8. CosIng records a restriction against it (V/33), so check the corresponding Annex entry before formulating. In the free INCIDB sample it appears on 7 product labels, reaching position 11 on Shampooing expert anti pelliculaire Citrus.

CAS REGISTRY NUMBER
6440-58-0
EC NUMBER
229-222-8
COSING FUNCTIONS
Preservative
COSING RESTRICTION
V/33

Sample products containing DMDM HYDANTOIN

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
Shampooing expert anti pelliculaire Citrus #11
Shampooing antipelliculaire + après-shampooing 2 in 1 anti-chute #39
Axe SG #13
Charlotte Douche Fraise & Myrtille #18
Sport Blast Re-Energising 2-in-1 Body & Hair Shower Gel #15
Après-shampooing Blond lumière #17
Vitalité Brillance Shampooing #21

Query DMDM HYDANTOIN in the full snapshot

import pyarrow.parquet as pq

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