Canonical INCI monograph
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.
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.