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GLYCERYL STEARATE

Not on the EU Annex III list Rule-flagged fungal-acne trigger

Stearic acid, monoester with glycerol

GLYCERYL STEARATE is listed in the European Commission CosIng inventory under the functional categories Skin Conditioning - Emollient, Surfactant - Emulsifying, with CAS number 31566-31-1 and EC number 250-705-4/286-490-9. In the free INCIDB sample it appears on 22 product labels, reaching position 4 on d'Olive hacim veren saç kremi. Fulton (1989) grades it 1 on the 0–5 comedogenicity scale; that grade is transcribed as-is and is the only rating source used. INCIDB's rule-derived heuristic flags it as a possible Malassezia (fungal-acne) trigger. That is a rule, not a measurement — treat it as a filter rather than a finding.

CAS REGISTRY NUMBER
31566-31-1
EC NUMBER
250-705-4/286-490-9
COSING FUNCTIONS
Skin Conditioning - Emollient, Surfactant - Emulsifying
COMEDOGENIC RATING (FULTON 1989)
1 / 5

Sample products containing GLYCERYL STEARATE

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 #16
Lait Solaire Enfant FPS 50 #20
Sublime Sun Lait protecteur anti-dessèchement FPS 30 #20
UltraLift Nuit Soin anti-rides raffermissant #8
Crème réparatrice pieds très secs #6
The body shop crème exfoliante corps pêche de vigne #12
Nature In A Jar Gentle Detoxifying Cleanser With Agave #11
Vitamin E Gentle Facial Wash #10

Query GLYCERYL STEARATE in the full snapshot

import pyarrow.parquet as pq

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