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Microcrystalline Wax is a wax derived from petroleum and characterized by the fineness of its crystals in contrast to the larger crystals of paraffin wax. It consists of high molecular weight saturated aliphatic hydrocarbons.

MICROCRYSTALLINE WAX is listed in the European Commission CosIng inventory under the functional categories Binding, Bulking, Emulsion Stabilising, Viscosity Controlling, with CAS number 63231-60-7 and EC number 264-038-1 (I). In the free INCIDB sample it appears on 5 product labels, reaching position 4 on INGU Tri-peptide Balm Nude Pink.

Sample products containing MICROCRYSTALLINE WAX

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

Query MICROCRYSTALLINE WAX in the full snapshot

import pyarrow.parquet as pq

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