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CAPRYLIC ACID

Not on the EU Annex III list

CAPRYLIC ACID is listed in the European Commission CosIng inventory under the functional categories Cleansing, Surfactant - Emulsifying, Fragrance, Surfactant - Cleansing, Perfuming, with CAS number 124-07-2 and EC number 204-677-5. In the free INCIDB sample it appears on 1 product label, reaching position 17 on Gel Douche Grenade & Fruit du Dragon. 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
124-07-2
EC NUMBER
204-677-5
COSING FUNCTIONS
Cleansing, Surfactant - Emulsifying, Fragrance, Surfactant - Cleansing, Perfuming
COMEDOGENIC RATING (FULTON 1989)
1 / 5

Sample products containing CAPRYLIC 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
Gel Douche Grenade & Fruit du Dragon #17

Query CAPRYLIC ACID in the full snapshot

import pyarrow.parquet as pq

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