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POLYGLYCERYL-2 TRIISOSTEARATE

Not on the EU Annex III list Rule-flagged fungal-acne trigger

1,2,3-Propanetriol, homopolymer, isooctadecanoates (1:3) (2 mol glycerol average molar ratio)

POLYGLYCERYL-2 TRIISOSTEARATE is listed in the European Commission CosIng inventory under the functional category Surfactant - Emulsifying, with CAS number 120486-24-0. In the free INCIDB sample it appears on 2 product labels, reaching position 10 on Rhode Peptide Lip Tint. 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.

CAS REGISTRY NUMBER
120486-24-0
COSING FUNCTIONS
Surfactant - Emulsifying

Sample products containing POLYGLYCERYL-2 TRIISOSTEARATE

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
Maybelline Brow Extension Medium Brown 4 #11
Rhode Peptide Lip Tint #10

Query POLYGLYCERYL-2 TRIISOSTEARATE in the full snapshot

import pyarrow.parquet as pq

ingredients = pq.read_table('ingredients.parquet').to_pandas()
target = ingredients[ingredients['inci_name'] == "POLYGLYCERYL-2 TRIISOSTEARATE"]
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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