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POTASSIUM SORBATE

Not on the EU Annex III list

Potassium Sorbate is the organic salt that conforms generally to the formula:

POTASSIUM SORBATE is listed in the European Commission CosIng inventory under the functional categories Fragrance, Preservative, with CAS number 24634-61-5 / 590-00-1 and EC number 246-376-1. CosIng records a restriction against it (V/4), so check the corresponding Annex entry before formulating. In the free INCIDB sample it appears on 25 product labels, reaching position 5 on Aloe dermo gel.

CAS REGISTRY NUMBER
24634-61-5 / 590-00-1
EC NUMBER
246-376-1
COSING FUNCTIONS
Fragrance, Preservative
COSING RESTRICTION
V/4

Sample products containing POTASSIUM SORBATE

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
Eau micellaire visage & yeux à l'extrait de myrtille #8
Aloe dermo gel #5
Vanilla #14
Vitalité Brillance Shampooing #25
Lingettes épaisses Sensitive (lot x2 paquets) #10
Dusche & Ölperlen #14
Gel Douche Grenade & Fruit du Dragon #11
Cosmetic Product 5601312601173 #12

Query POTASSIUM SORBATE in the full snapshot

import pyarrow.parquet as pq

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