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VISCOSITY CONTROLLING

Increasing or decreasing the viscosity (thickness) of cosmetics.

Definition provenance: European Commission CosIng ingredient-function terminology.

1417 ingredients in the EU CosIng inventory carry the VISCOSITY CONTROLLING function designation.

Ingredients with the VISCOSITY CONTROLLING function

C10-11 ISOALKANE

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C10-11 Isoalkane (Formerly C10-11 Isoparaffin) is a mixture of branched chain aliphatic hydrocarbons with 10 or 11 carbons in the alkyl cha…

CAS 64742-48-9/90622-57-4

C10-12 ISOALKANE

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C10-12 Isoalkane (Formerly C10-12 Isoparaffin) is a mixture of branched chain aliphatic hydrocarbons with 10 to 12 carbons in the alkyl cha…

C11-14 ISOALKANE

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C11-14 Isoalkane (Formerly C11-14 Isoparaffin) is a mixture of branched chain aliphatic hydrocarbons with 11 to 14 carbons in the alkyl cha…

C16-24 Alkyl C16-24 Acidate is the ester produced by the reaction of a mixture of fatty alcohols containing 16 to 24 carbons with a mixture…

C20-22 Alcohols is a mixture of synthetic aliphatic alcohols with 20 to 22 carbons in the alkyl chain

CAS 90604-34-5

C24-30 Olefin is a mixture of linear alpha olefins with 24 to 30 carbons in the alkyl chain

C30-34 ALKANE

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C30-34 Alkane is a mixture of linear alkanes with 30 to 34 carbon atoms in the alkyl chain.

CAS 2134217-02-8Restricted — see record

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

How the VISCOSITY CONTROLLING function is used in CosIng

The VISCOSITY CONTROLLING function is assigned by the European Commission in the CosIng ingredient inventory. This page currently lists 1417 ingredients carrying that function label in the dataset, which helps you move from a functional claim to the exact ingredients that use it.

Increasing or decreasing the viscosity (thickness) of cosmetics.

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.