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HOMOSALATE

Not on the EU Annex III list

Homosalate is the substituted phenolic compound that conforms to the formula:

HOMOSALATE is listed in the European Commission CosIng inventory under the functional categories Fragrance, Uv Absorber, Uv Filter, with CAS number 118-56-9 and EC number 204-260-8. CosIng records a restriction against it (VI/3), so check the corresponding Annex entry before formulating. In the free INCIDB sample it appears on 1 product label, reaching position 2 on Viso 50 alta.

CAS REGISTRY NUMBER
118-56-9
EC NUMBER
204-260-8
COSING FUNCTIONS
Fragrance, Uv Absorber, Uv Filter
COSING RESTRICTION
VI/3

Sample products containing HOMOSALATE

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
Viso 50 alta #2

Query HOMOSALATE in the full snapshot

import pyarrow.parquet as pq

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