MENTHOL

Menthol / DL-menthol / L-menthol

MENTHOL is listed in the European Commission CosIng inventory under the functional categories Denaturant, Fragrance, Refreshing, Soothing, with CAS number 1490-04-6 / 2216-51-5 / 89-78-1 / 15356-70-4 and EC number 216-074-4 / 218-690-9 / 201-939-0 / 239-388-3. CosIng records a restriction against it (III/338), so check the corresponding Annex entry before formulating. In the free INCIDB sample it appears on 4 product labels, reaching position 5 on Complexe Défatiguant Jambes Légères. It is on the EU Annex III fragrance-allergen list (Regulation (EC) 1223/2009 as amended by Regulation (EU) 2023/1545), so labelling rules apply above the regulated thresholds.

Sample products containing MENTHOL

Label positions from the free INCIDB sample. A lower position means the ingredient is declared earlier, i.e. present in a higher proportion.

Query MENTHOL in the full snapshot

import pyarrow.parquet as pq

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