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LACTOSE

Not on the EU Annex III list

LACTOSE is listed in the European Commission CosIng inventory under the functional categories Humectant, Skin Conditioning, with CAS number 63-42-3 and EC number 200-559-2. In the free INCIDB sample it appears on 2 product labels, reaching position 15 on Body Wash Shower Gel Naturals Milk & Honey 1L.

CAS REGISTRY NUMBER
63-42-3
EC NUMBER
200-559-2
COSING FUNCTIONS
Humectant, Skin Conditioning

Sample products containing LACTOSE

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
Dusche & Ölperlen #17
Body Wash Shower Gel Naturals Milk & Honey 1L #15

Query LACTOSE in the full snapshot

import pyarrow.parquet as pq

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