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PROPYLPARABEN

Not on the EU Annex III list

Propylparaben is the ester of n-propyl alcohol and p-hydroxybenzoic acid. It conforms to the formula:

PROPYLPARABEN is listed in the European Commission CosIng inventory under the functional categories Preservative, Perfuming, with CAS number 94-13-3 and EC number 202-307-7. CosIng records a restriction against it (V/12), so check the corresponding Annex entry before formulating. In the free INCIDB sample it appears on 6 product labels, reaching position 12 on Miswak. Fulton (1989) grades it 0 on the 0–5 comedogenicity scale; that grade is transcribed as-is and is the only rating source used.

CAS REGISTRY NUMBER
94-13-3
EC NUMBER
202-307-7
COSING FUNCTIONS
Preservative, Perfuming
COSING RESTRICTION
V/12
COMEDOGENIC RATING (FULTON 1989)
0 / 5

Sample products containing PROPYLPARABEN

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
Crème réparatrice pieds très secs #30
Vitamin E Gentle Facial Wash #18
Travel Size Enzyme Cleansing Gel #13
Miswak #12
Vaseline Gluta-Hya Body Lotion Flawless Glow 200mL #25
Sally Hansen Insta Dri Nail Polish Cinna Snap 9.17mL #45

Query PROPYLPARABEN in the full snapshot

import pyarrow.parquet as pq

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