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HUMECTANT

Retaining and/or preserving the moisture in a product during use.

Definition provenance: European Commission CosIng ingredient-function terminology.

2189 ingredients in the EU CosIng inventory carry the HUMECTANT function designation.

Ingredients with the HUMECTANT function

Lactobacillus/Soymilk Ferment is the product obtained by the fermentation of Soymilk by the microorganism Lactobacillus.

LACTOSYL CHITOSAN HCL

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Lactosyl Chitosan HCl is the hydrochloride salt of the product obtained by the reaction of Chitosan and Lactose with 2-methylpyridine boran…

CAS 2173421-37-7

D-Fructose, 4-0-.beta.-D-galactopyranosyl-

CAS 4618-18-2

Laurus Nobilis Leaf Water is an aqueous solution of the steam distillate obtained from the leaves of the Laurel, Laurus nobilis L., Laurace…

CAS 94603-73-6

Lavandula Dentata Water is the aqueous solution of the steam distillate obtained from the whole plant, Lavandula dentata, Lamiaceae.

Leontopodium Alpinum Callus Powder is the powder obtained from the dried, ground callus of Leontopodium alpinum grown in culture, Asteracea…

Lepidium Meyenii Root Powder is the powder obtained from the dried, ground roots of Lepidium meyenii, Brassicaceae.

These widely assigned CosIng terms provide populated comparison pages; they are not presented as semantic equivalents of the current function.

How the HUMECTANT function is used in CosIng

The HUMECTANT function is assigned by the European Commission in the CosIng ingredient inventory. This page currently lists 2189 ingredients carrying that function label in the dataset, which helps you move from a functional claim to the exact ingredients that use it.

Retaining and/or preserving the moisture in a product during use.

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.