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BENZYL ALCOHOL

EU Annex III fragrance allergen

Benzyl Alcohol is an aromatic alcohol that conforms to the formula:

BENZYL ALCOHOL is listed in the European Commission CosIng inventory under the functional categories Preservative, Solvent, Viscosity Controlling, Perfuming, with CAS number 100-51-6 and EC number 202-859-9. CosIng records a restriction against it (III/45 and V/34), so check the corresponding Annex entry before formulating. In the free INCIDB sample it appears on 39 product labels, reaching position 3 on Eau micellaire visage & yeux à l'extrait de myrtille. It is on the EU Annex III fragrance-allergen list (Regulation (EC) 1223/2009 as amended by Regulation (EU) 2023/1545), so labelling rules apply above the regulated thresholds.

CAS REGISTRY NUMBER
100-51-6
EC NUMBER
202-859-9
COSING FUNCTIONS
Preservative, Solvent, Viscosity Controlling, Perfuming
COSING RESTRICTION
III/45 and V/34

Sample products containing BENZYL ALCOHOL

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
Eau micellaire visage & yeux à l'extrait de myrtille #3
Moisture Me Rich Total Results Shampoo #18
Crème De Douche Lait D'ânesse Camomille Sans Sulfates #8
Gel shampooing douche Agrumes #13
UltraLift Nuit Soin anti-rides raffermissant #11
Shampooing antipelliculaire + après-shampooing 2 in 1 anti-chute #25
Shampooing antipelliculaire Instant Dry Scalp Care #20
powder touch #17

Query BENZYL ALCOHOL in the full snapshot

import pyarrow.parquet as pq

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