Canonical INCI monograph
HYDROXYETHYLCELLULOSE
Not on the EU Annex III list
Cellulose, 2-hydroxyethyl ether
HYDROXYETHYLCELLULOSE is listed in the European Commission CosIng inventory under the functional categories Binding, Emulsion Stabilising, Film Forming, Light Stabilizer, Viscosity Controlling, with CAS number 9004-62-0. In the free INCIDB sample it appears on 9 product labels, reaching position 3 on Clairol Colour Strong 8.1 Medium Ash Blonde 1 Pack.
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER
9004-62-0
COSING FUNCTIONS
Binding, Emulsion Stabilising, Film Forming, Light Stabilizer, Viscosity Controlling
Sample products containing HYDROXYETHYLCELLULOSE
Label positions from the free INCIDB sample. A lower position means the ingredient is declared earlier, i.e. present in a higher proportion.
Query HYDROXYETHYLCELLULOSE in the full snapshot
import pyarrow.parquet as pq
ingredients = pq.read_table('ingredients.parquet').to_pandas()
target = ingredients[ingredients['inci_name'] == "HYDROXYETHYLCELLULOSE"]
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.