Ingredient function

VISCOSITY CONTROLLING — Cosmetic Ingredient Function

1348 cosmetic ingredients in the EU CosIng inventory carry the VISCOSITY CONTROLLING function designation. These ingredients are sourced from the European Commission CosIng inventory and may appear across Annex II–VI records.

Increasing or decreasing the viscosity (thickness) of cosmetics.

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Ingredients

AGAR

31385

Agar

CAS 9002-18-0

AGAROSE

74293

Agarose is the polysaccharide extracted from the Red Seaweed, Gracilaria, Gelidiaceae

CAS 9012-36-6

Alcohol Denat. is ethyl alcohol that is denatured with one or more denaturing agents in accordance with the national legislation of each Eu…

CAS 64-17-5

ALGIN

74179

Alginic acid, sodium salt

CAS 9005-38-3 / 57606-04-9

Almond amides, N,N-bis(2-hydroxyethyl)-

CAS 124046-18-0 III/60

ALUMINA

74191

Aluminium oxide

CAS 1344-28-1

About this function

The VISCOSITY CONTROLLING 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.