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BUTYLENE GLYCOL

Not on the EU Annex III list

BUTYLENE GLYCOL is listed in the European Commission CosIng inventory under the functional categories Humectant, Fragrance, Skin Conditioning, Solvent, Viscosity Controlling, with CAS number 107-88-0 (i), 6290-03-5 (ii) and EC number 203-529-7 (i), 228-532-0 (ii). In the free INCIDB sample it appears on 7 product labels, reaching position 3 on The body shop crème exfoliante corps pêche de vigne. Fulton (1989) grades it 1 on the 0–5 comedogenicity scale; that grade is transcribed as-is and is the only rating source used.

CAS REGISTRY NUMBER
107-88-0 (i), 6290-03-5 (ii)
EC NUMBER
203-529-7 (i), 228-532-0 (ii)
COSING FUNCTIONS
Humectant, Fragrance, Skin Conditioning, Solvent, Viscosity Controlling
COMEDOGENIC RATING (FULTON 1989)
1 / 5

Sample products containing BUTYLENE GLYCOL

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
The body shop crème exfoliante corps pêche de vigne #3
Booster antifatiga les cosmetiques nº2 booster plan #7
Resurgence Renewing Cleansing Cream #29
L'Oreal Color Riche Liner Matte Signature Emeraude #10
Collagen By Watsons Hydro Balance Temizleme Köpüğü #21
Revlon Illuminance Serum Concealer Light Medium 5mL #6
Sally Hansen Insta Dri Nail Polish Cinna Snap 9.17mL #42

Query BUTYLENE GLYCOL in the full snapshot

import pyarrow.parquet as pq

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