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

Starch/Acrylates/Acrylamide Copolymer is a polymer of starch, acrylamide and a monomer consisting of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid or one …

III/66

Benzenemethanaminium, N,N-dimethyl-N-octadecyl-, reaction products with bentonite

CAS 130501-87-0

Benzenemethanaminium, N,N-dimethyl-N-octadecyl-, chloride, reaction products with hectorite / Quaternary ammonium compounds, benzyl(hydroge…

CAS 71011-26-2 / 94891-33-5 / 12691-60-0

Octadecanamide, N-(2-hydroxy-1,1-dimethylethyl)-

CAS 36284-86-3

Poly(Oxy-1,2-Ethanediyl), alpha-Hydro-theta-Hydroxy, Polymer with 1,6-Diisocyanatohexane and alpha-Octadecyl-theta-Hydroxypoly(Oxy-1,2- eth…

CAS 103777-69-1

Pentatriacontan-18-one

CAS 504-53-0

Sterculia Urens Gum is the dried exudate (Karaya gum) of the tree Sterculia urens, Sterculiaceae

CAS 9000-36-6

Amides, C8-18 and C18-unsatd., N-(hydroxyethyl); Sunfloweramide MEA is a mixture of ethanolamides of the fatty acids derived from Helianthu…

CAS 69227-24-3 III/61

Beeswax, synthetic. The complex reaction product of blended acids and blended alcohols which simulates the composition of natural beeswax. …

CAS 71243-51-1

Synthetic Petrolatum is a paraffin wax intended to be generally indistinguishable from Petrolatum with regard to chemical composition and p…

Synthetic Wax is a hydrocarbon wax derived generally through Fischer-Tropsch or ethylene polymerization processes.

CAS 8002-74-2; 68527-08-2

Amides, tall-oil fatty, N,N-bis(hydroxyethyl)

CAS 68155-20-4 III/60

Methanaminium, N-methyl-N-carboxymethyl-N-tallow-alkyl-, hydroxides, inner salts

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.