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BENZOPHENONE-3

Not on the EU Annex III list

Benzophenone-3 is a benzophenone derivative that conforms to the formula:

BENZOPHENONE-3 is listed in the European Commission CosIng inventory under the functional categories Light Stabilizer, Uv Absorber, Uv Filter, with CAS number 131-57-7 and EC number 205-031-5. CosIng records a restriction against it (VI/4), so check the corresponding Annex entry before formulating. In the free INCIDB sample it appears on 1 product label, reaching position 30 on Sally Hansen Insta Dri Nail Polish Cinna Snap 9.17mL.

CAS REGISTRY NUMBER

131-57-7

EC NUMBER

205-031-5

COSING FUNCTIONS

Light Stabilizer, Uv Absorber, Uv Filter

COSING RESTRICTION

VI/4

Sample products containing BENZOPHENONE-3

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
Sally Hansen Insta Dri Nail Polish Cinna Snap 9.17mL	#30

Query BENZOPHENONE-3 in the full snapshot

import pyarrow.parquet as pq

ingredients = pq.read_table('ingredients.parquet').to_pandas()
target = ingredients[ingredients['inci_name'] == "BENZOPHENONE-3"]
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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