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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

Nymphoides Hydrophylla Stem Water is an aqueous solution of the steam distillates obtained from the stems of Nymphoides hydrophylla, Menyan…

Oligopeptide-126 sh-Oligopeptide-1 is a single chain synthetic fusion peptide produced by fermentation in e.Coli. The starting gene is synt…

Oligopeptide-127 rh-Oligopeptide-4 is a single chain fusion peptide, produced by fermentation in E. coli. The starting gene is synthesized …

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Olive Glycerides is a mixture of mono, di and triglycerides derived from Olea Europaea (Olive) Oil

Orchid Root Extract is the extract of the roots of various species of Cymbidium orchids

Paeonia Lactiflora Root Powder is the powder obtained by grinding the dried roots of the Peony, Paeonia lactiflora, Ranunculaceae

Palau White Clay is the native clay obtained from Ngeruktabel Island in Palau

Palm Oil Oleyl Esters is the product obtained by the transesterification of Elaeis Guineensis (Palm) Oil and Oleyl Alcohol.

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.