SORBIC ACID

Sorbic Acid is the organic acid that conforms generally to the formula:

SORBIC ACID is listed in the European Commission CosIng inventory under the functional categories Fragrance, Preservative, with CAS number 110-44-1 and EC number 203-768-7. CosIng records a restriction against it (V/4), so check the corresponding Annex entry before formulating. In the free INCIDB sample it appears on 2 product labels, reaching position 18 on Dermaveen Soothing Oatmeal Conditioner 1L.

Sample products containing SORBIC ACID

Label positions from the free INCIDB sample. A lower position means the ingredient is declared earlier, i.e. present in a higher proportion.

Query SORBIC ACID in the full snapshot

import pyarrow.parquet as pq

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