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POLYGLYCERYL-4 CAPRATE

Not on the EU Annex III list

1,2,3-Propanetriol, homopolymer, decanoates (1:1) (4 mol glycerol average molar ratio)

POLYGLYCERYL-4 CAPRATE is listed in the European Commission CosIng inventory under the functional category Surfactant - Emulsifying, with CAS number 160391-93-5. In the free INCIDB sample it appears on 1 product label, reaching position 4 on Tea Tree Lavender Mint Conditioning Spray.

CAS REGISTRY NUMBER
160391-93-5
COSING FUNCTIONS
Surfactant - Emulsifying

Sample products containing POLYGLYCERYL-4 CAPRATE

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
Tea Tree Lavender Mint Conditioning Spray #4

Query POLYGLYCERYL-4 CAPRATE in the full snapshot

import pyarrow.parquet as pq

ingredients = pq.read_table('ingredients.parquet').to_pandas()
target = ingredients[ingredients['inci_name'] == "POLYGLYCERYL-4 CAPRATE"]
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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