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PHENOXYETHANOL

Not on the EU Annex III list

Phenoxyethanol is the aromatic ether alcohol that conforms to the formula:

PHENOXYETHANOL is listed in the European Commission CosIng inventory under the functional categories Antimicrobial, Preservative, with CAS number 122-99-6 and EC number 204-589-7. CosIng records a restriction against it (V/29), so check the corresponding Annex entry before formulating. In the free INCIDB sample it appears on 54 product labels, reaching position 3 on Gel mains antiseptique.

CAS REGISTRY NUMBER
122-99-6
EC NUMBER
204-589-7
COSING FUNCTIONS
Antimicrobial, Preservative
COSING RESTRICTION
V/29

Sample products containing PHENOXYETHANOL

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
Kératine Color 4.6 Châtain Chocolat #47
Mousse à raser #11
Aqua Thermal - Baume Éveil Regard #12
Masque Argile Purifiant Pores #17
Intense Force Lotion Capillaire fortifiante anti chute #16
Gel mains antiseptique #3
Sublime Sun Lait protecteur anti-dessèchement FPS 30 #17
UltraLift Nuit Soin anti-rides raffermissant #23

Query PHENOXYETHANOL in the full snapshot

import pyarrow.parquet as pq

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