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OCTOCRYLENE

Not on the EU Annex III list

Octocrylene is the substituted acrylate that conforms to the formula

OCTOCRYLENE is listed in the European Commission CosIng inventory under the functional categories Light Stabilizer, Uv Absorber, Uv Filter, with CAS number 6197-30-4 and EC number 228-250-8. CosIng records a restriction against it (VI/10), so check the corresponding Annex entry before formulating. In the free INCIDB sample it appears on 3 product labels, reaching position 2 on Lait Solaire Enfant FPS 50.

CAS REGISTRY NUMBER
6197-30-4
EC NUMBER
228-250-8
COSING FUNCTIONS
Light Stabilizer, Uv Absorber, Uv Filter
COSING RESTRICTION
VI/10

Sample products containing OCTOCRYLENE

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
Lait Solaire Enfant FPS 50 #2
Sublime Sun Lait protecteur anti-dessèchement FPS 30 #4
Leche solar 50+ #2

Query OCTOCRYLENE in the full snapshot

import pyarrow.parquet as pq

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