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ETHYLPARABEN

Not on the EU Annex III list

Ethylparaben is the ester of ethyl alcohol and p-hydroxybenzoic acid. It conforms to the formula:

ETHYLPARABEN is listed in the European Commission CosIng inventory under the functional categories Fragrance, Preservative, with CAS number 120-47-8 and EC number 204-399-4. CosIng records a restriction against it (V/12), so check the corresponding Annex entry before formulating. In the free INCIDB sample it appears on 2 product labels, reaching position 19 on Formule ZP 11 Cheveux Gras.

CAS REGISTRY NUMBER
120-47-8
EC NUMBER
204-399-4
COSING FUNCTIONS
Fragrance, Preservative
COSING RESTRICTION
V/12

Sample products containing ETHYLPARABEN

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
Crème réparatrice pieds très secs #28
Formule ZP 11 Cheveux Gras #19

Query ETHYLPARABEN in the full snapshot

import pyarrow.parquet as pq

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