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Poly(oxy-1,2-ethanediyl), .alpha.-hydro-.omega.-hydroxy-, ether with methyl .beta.-d-glucopyranoside (4:1), octadecanoate (2:3) (20 mol EO average molar ratio)

PEG-20 METHYL GLUCOSE SESQUISTEARATE is listed in the European Commission CosIng inventory under the functional category Surfactant - Emulsifying, with CAS number 68389-70-8. In the free INCIDB sample it appears on 1 product label, reaching position 14 on Lipikar Eczema Soothing Relief Cream. INCIDB's rule-derived heuristic flags it as a possible Malassezia (fungal-acne) trigger. That is a rule, not a measurement — treat it as a filter rather than a finding.

Sample products containing PEG-20 METHYL GLUCOSE SESQUISTEARATE

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

Query PEG-20 METHYL GLUCOSE SESQUISTEARATE in the full snapshot

import pyarrow.parquet as pq

ingredients = pq.read_table('ingredients.parquet').to_pandas()
target = ingredients[ingredients['inci_name'] == "PEG-20 METHYL GLUCOSE SESQUISTEARATE"]
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.