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TRIETHANOLAMINE

Not on the EU Annex III list

TRIETHANOLAMINE is listed in the European Commission CosIng inventory under the functional categories Buffering, Surfactant - Emulsifying, Fragrance, Surfactant - Cleansing, with CAS number 102-71-6 and EC number 203-049-8. CosIng records a restriction against it (III/62), so check the corresponding Annex entry before formulating. In the free INCIDB sample it appears on 15 product labels, reaching position 3 on Mousse à raser. Fulton (1989) grades it 2 on the 0–5 comedogenicity scale; that grade is transcribed as-is and is the only rating source used.

CAS REGISTRY NUMBER
102-71-6
EC NUMBER
203-049-8
COSING FUNCTIONS
Buffering, Surfactant - Emulsifying, Fragrance, Surfactant - Cleansing
COSING RESTRICTION
III/62
COMEDOGENIC RATING (FULTON 1989)
2 / 5

Sample products containing TRIETHANOLAMINE

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
Shampooing expert anti pelliculaire Citrus #25
Mousse à raser #3
Anthelios Dermo-Pediatrics SPF 50+ Spray Multi-Positions #20
Gel douche revigorant à l'abricot et à l'orange #9
Gel mains antiseptique #5
Sublime Sun Lait protecteur anti-dessèchement FPS 30 #16
Молочное #8
Travel Size Enzyme Cleansing Gel #14

Query TRIETHANOLAMINE in the full snapshot

import pyarrow.parquet as pq

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