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STEARIC ACID

Not on the EU Annex III list Rule-flagged fungal-acne trigger

STEARIC ACID is listed in the European Commission CosIng inventory under the functional categories Cleansing, Surfactant - Emulsifying, Emulsion Stabilising, Fragrance, Refatting, Surfactant - Cleansing, with CAS number 57-11-4 and EC number 200-313-4. In the free INCIDB sample it appears on 18 product labels, reaching position 2 on Nature In A Jar Gentle Detoxifying Cleanser With Agave. INCIDB's rule-derived heuristic flags it as a possible Malassezia (fungal-acne) trigger. That is a rule, not a measurement — treat it as a filter rather than a finding.

CAS REGISTRY NUMBER
57-11-4
EC NUMBER
200-313-4
COSING FUNCTIONS
Cleansing, Surfactant - Emulsifying, Emulsion Stabilising, Fragrance, Refatting, Surfactant - Cleansing

Sample products containing STEARIC ACID

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
Mousse à raser #4
Sublime Sun Lait protecteur anti-dessèchement FPS 30 #12
Crème réparatrice pieds très secs #10
Aloe Vera Gesichtscreme #8
Resurgence Renewing Cleansing Cream #4
Nature In A Jar Gentle Detoxifying Cleanser With Agave #2
Love Beauty And Planet Gel Douche Femme Aurore Éclatante 400ml #16
bolero Beverly hills moisturizing body cream #4

Query STEARIC ACID in the full snapshot

import pyarrow.parquet as pq

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

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