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.Poly(oxy-1,2-ethanediyl), .alpha.-hydro-.omega.-hydroxy-, (8 mol EO average molar ratio)

PEG-8 is listed in the European Commission CosIng inventory under the functional categories Humectant, Solvent, with CAS number 5117-19-1 / 25322-68-3 (generic) and EC number 225-856-4. In the free INCIDB sample it appears on 6 product labels, reaching position 2 on parodontax.

Sample products containing PEG-8

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-8 in the full snapshot

import pyarrow.parquet as pq

ingredients = pq.read_table('ingredients.parquet').to_pandas()
target = ingredients[ingredients['inci_name'] == "PEG-8"]
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.