Official EU label nameGlossary entry 27315

SORBITOL

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.

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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.

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Resolved substance identity

CAS:50-70-41259528-21-6

EC:200-061-5

Ingredient index records:

SORBITOL

Ph. Eur. name: sorbitolum

Cosmetic functions: FRAGRANCE, HUMECTANT, PERFUMING, SKIN CONDITIONING

D-Glucitol

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3 matched or reported names

SORBITOLsorbitolsorbitolum

Regulatory evidence across markets

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

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Chemical identity and properties

PubChem 2D chemical structure for CAS 50-70-4

CAS 50-70-4PubChem CID 5780

Sorbitol

D-glucitol is the D-enantiomer of glucitol (also known as D-sorbitol). It has a role as a metabolite, a laxative, a sweetening agent, a cathartic, a mouse metabolite, a Saccharomyces cerevisiae metabolite, an Escherichia coli metabolite, a human metabolite and a food humectant. It is an enantiomer of a L-glucitol. — ChEBI

IUPAC name: (2R,3R,4R,5S)-hexane-1,2,3,4,5,6-hexol

Molecular formula: C6H14O6
Molecular weight: 182.17 g/mol
Exact mass: 182.07903816 Da
XLogP3: -3.1
Topological polar surface area: 121.0 Å²
Hydrogen-bond donors: 6
Hydrogen-bond acceptors: 6
Covalent units: 1
Defined stereocentres: 4

Also known as

D-SorbitolD-GlucitolglucitolGlucarine(-)-SorbitolNivitinD-(-)-SorbitolDiakarmon

16 more reported names

SorbilandeSorbostylEsasorbMultitolNeosorbSorboSorbolCholaxineSionitSioniteSiononSiosanKarion instantSorbitol FSorbex RpSorbitol FP

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External database identifiers

ChEBI:CHEBI:17924
ChEMBL:CHEMBL1682
EPA DTXSID:DTXSID5023588
PubMed:40180304
PubMed:35678645
PubMed:33939924
PubMed:32367058
PubMed:31780563
PubMed:30804470
PubMed:27385396
PubMed:25557509
PubMed:25541468
PubMed:25451566
PubMed:25414073
PubMed:24184208

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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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