TETRASILOXANE
cosing-live-102126Tetrasiloxane is the linear siloxane that conforms to the formula:
Suppressing foam during manufacturing or reducing the tendency of finished products to generate foam.
Definition provenance: European Commission CosIng ingredient-function terminology.
55 ingredients in the EU CosIng inventory carry the ANTIFOAMING function designation.
Tetrasiloxane is the linear siloxane that conforms to the formula:
Silica, reaction products with trimethylsilane
Trimethylsiloxysilicate/Dimethicone Crosspolymer
Silicones and siloxanes, diphenyl, methyl phenyl, trimethylsilyl terminated
These widely assigned CosIng terms provide populated comparison pages; they are not presented as semantic equivalents of the current function.
The ANTIFOAMING function is assigned by the European Commission in the CosIng ingredient inventory. This page currently lists 55 ingredients carrying that function label in the dataset, which helps you move from a functional claim to the exact ingredients that use it.
Suppressing foam during manufacturing or reducing the tendency of finished products to generate foam.
Function assignments come from official EU CosIng data. They describe intended cosmetic use, but they do not replace regulatory review of each linked ingredient and any annex records tied to it.