Ingredient function

HUMECTANT — Cosmetic Ingredient Function

2051 cosmetic ingredients in the EU CosIng inventory carry the HUMECTANT function designation. These ingredients are sourced from the European Commission CosIng inventory and may appear across Annex II–VI records.

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

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Sodium Butyroyl/Formoyl Hyaluronate is the sodium salt of the product obtained by the esterification of butyric and formic acids with Hyalu…

CAS 100201-66-0

Sodium Heparosan is the sodium salt of the mucopolysaccharide comprised of repeating units of β-D-glucuronic acid and N-acetyl- a-D-glucosa…

CAS 1544497-09-7

Sodium Hyaluronate Crosspolymer-3 is the sodium salt of Hyaluronic Acid that has been oxidized to facilate the subsequent crosslinking by p…

Sodium Hyaluronate Crosspolymer-5 is the sodium salt of Hyaluronic Acid that is crosslinked with Triethylamine and chloromethyl-pyridinium …

Butanedioic acid, hydroxy-, monosodium salt

CAS 58214-38-3

Sodium 5-oxo-2-pyrrolidinecarboxylate

CAS 28874-51-3

Solanum Aviculare Seed Oil is the oil expressed from the seeds of Solanum aviculare, Solanaceae.

CAS 1542150-88-8

About this function

The HUMECTANT function is assigned by the European Commission in the CosIng ingredient inventory. Ingredients may carry multiple functions depending on their chemical properties and typical cosmetic applications.

Function assignments are sourced directly from official EU CosIng data. Always verify ingredient functions against current source materials before use in regulatory submissions.