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ALCOHOL

Not on the EU Annex III list

Alcohol is undenatured ethyl alcohol that conforms to the formula:

ALCOHOL is listed in the European Commission CosIng inventory under the functional categories Antifoaming, Antimicrobial, Astringent, Fragrance, Solvent, Viscosity Controlling, with CAS number 64-17-5 and EC number 200-578-6. In the free INCIDB sample it appears on 6 product labels, leading the declaration on Fresh Deo Zerstäuber.

CAS REGISTRY NUMBER
64-17-5
EC NUMBER
200-578-6
COSING FUNCTIONS
Antifoaming, Antimicrobial, Astringent, Fragrance, Solvent, Viscosity Controlling

Sample products containing ALCOHOL

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
Intense Force Lotion Capillaire fortifiante anti chute #13
Zahncreme Classic #15
Dusche & Ölperlen #23
Fresh Deo Zerstäuber #1
Leche solar 50+ #3
Liquid Talc #4

Query ALCOHOL in the full snapshot

import pyarrow.parquet as pq

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