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Official EU label nameGlossary entry 24021

RAFFINOSE

This record confirms an official common ingredient name for EU cosmetic product labelling. It does not by itself confirm that the substance is permitted, unrestricted or safe.

Global evidence snapshot

The resolved identity has matching regulatory evidence in 0 of 13 indexed market datasets: 0 country records and 0 EU Annex records. Every result and evidence gap is listed below.

0 markets with evidence
Markets checked
13
Markets with evidence
0
Evidence gaps
13
Resolved identifiers
2

Resolved substance identity

CAS:512-69-6
EC:208-146-9
Ingredient index records:
RAFFINOSE
Cosmetic functions: SKIN CONDITIONING

alpha-D-Glucopyranoside, beta-D-fructofuranosyl O-alpha-D-galactopyranosyl-

1 matched or reported name
RAFFINOSE

Regulatory evidence across markets

None of the 13 markets tracked here holds an imported rule under the name RAFFINOSE.

That is a statement about this inventory, not about the law: no imported rule is not evidence that a substance is permitted. A rule may exist under a different name, under a CAS or EC number this glossary entry does not carry, or in a dataset not yet imported.

Chemical identity and properties

PubChem 2D chemical structure for CAS 512-69-6
CAS 512-69-6PubChem CID 439242

Raffinose

Raffinose is a trisaccharide composed of alpha-D-galactopyranose, alpha-D-glucopyranose and beta-D-fructofuranose joined in sequence by 16 and 12 glycosidic linkages, respectively. It has a role as a mouse metabolite, a Saccharomyces cerevisiae metabolite and a plant metabolite. It is a trisaccharide and a raffinose family oligosaccharide. — ChEBI

IUPAC name
(2S,3R,4S,5R,6R)-2-[[(2R,3S,4S,5R,6R)-6-[(2S,3S,4S,5R)-3,4-dihydroxy-2,5-bis(hydroxymethyl)oxolan-2-yl]oxy-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl]methoxy]-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,4,5-triol
Molecular formula
C18H32O16
Molecular weight
504.4 g/mol
Exact mass
504.16903493 Da
XLogP3
-5.8
Topological polar surface area
269.0 Ų
Hydrogen-bond donors
11
Hydrogen-bond acceptors
16
Covalent units
1
Defined stereocentres
14

Also known as

MelitoseGossyposeMelitrioseD-Raffinose6G-alpha-D-galactosylsucroseRaffinose, pureN5O3QU595MCHEBI:16634
16 more reported names
NSC-2025alpha-D-Glucopyranoside, beta-D-fructofuranosyl O-alpha-D-galactopyranosyl-(1-6)-NSC-170228RefChem:9106GlyTouCan:G40178VU208-146-9d-(+)-RaffinoseNSC 2025NSC 170228AI3-19427beta-D-fructofuranosyl alpha-D-galactopyranosyl-(1->6)-alpha-D-glucopyranosideRaffinose hydratebeta-D-fructofuranosyl O-alpha-D-galactopyranosyl-(1-->6)-alpha-D-Glucopyranosidealpha-D-glucopyranoside, beta-D-fructofuranosyl O-alpha-D-galactopyranosyl-(1->6)-rafinoseraflinose
External database identifiers

Retrieved from NIH PubChem on 2026-08-31 by checksum-valid CAS matching. Chemical properties do not replace the regulatory decision on this page.

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Official source and scope

Imported from Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1175 (dataset version EU 2025/1175). The glossary supplies common ingredient names for the ingredient list required by Article 19(1)(g); it is not an approval or safety list.

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