SORBITOL

Sorbitol is the hexahydric alcohol that conforms to the formula

SORBITOL is listed in the European Commission CosIng inventory under the functional categories Humectant, Fragrance, Skin Conditioning, Perfuming, with CAS number 50-70-4/ 1259528-21-6 (generic) and EC number 200-061-5. In the free INCIDB sample it appears on 15 product labels, leading the declaration on instant teeth whitening. Fulton (1989) grades it 0 on the 0–5 comedogenicity scale; that grade is transcribed as-is and is the only rating source used.

Sample products containing SORBITOL

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

Query SORBITOL in the full snapshot

import pyarrow.parquet as pq

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