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MALIC ACID

Not on the EU Annex III list

MALIC ACID is listed in the European Commission CosIng inventory under the functional category Buffering, with CAS number 97-67-6 and EC number 202-601-5. In the free INCIDB sample it appears on 2 product labels, reaching position 7 on Clairol Colour Strong 8.1 Medium Ash Blonde 1 Pack.

CAS REGISTRY NUMBER
97-67-6
EC NUMBER
202-601-5
COSING FUNCTIONS
Buffering

Sample products containing MALIC ACID

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
Cosmetic Product 5037156227499 #22
Clairol Colour Strong 8.1 Medium Ash Blonde 1 Pack #7

Query MALIC ACID in the full snapshot

import pyarrow.parquet as pq

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

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