FORMIC ACID

Formic Acid is an organic acid that conforms to the formula:

FORMIC ACID is listed in the European Commission CosIng inventory under the functional categories Fragrance, Preservative, Ph Adjusters, with CAS number 64-18-6 and EC number 200-579-1. CosIng records a restriction against it (V/14), so check the corresponding Annex entry before formulating. In the free INCIDB sample it appears on 1 product label, reaching position 23 on Shampooing soin aux huiles d'Olive Karité Argan.

Sample products containing FORMIC ACID

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

Query FORMIC ACID in the full snapshot

import pyarrow.parquet as pq

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