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Official EU label nameGlossary entry 6151

CHITOSAN HCl

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
0

Resolved substance identity

Ingredient index records:
CHITOSAN HCL
Cosmetic functions: SKIN CONDITIONING - HUMECTANT

Chitosan HCl is the hydrochloride salt of Chitosan

1 matched or reported name
CHITOSAN HCL

Each compound below is connected through an exact CosIng ingredient-name match and an exact PubChem synonym match. It is not inferred from a partial or similar name.

2-amino-4-O-(2-amino-2-deoxy-beta-D-glucopyranosyl)-2-deoxy-beta-D-glucopyranose

Exact match
IUPAC name
(2R,3S,4R,5R,6S)-5-amino-6-[(2R,3S,4R,5R,6R)-5-amino-4,6-dihydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-3-yl]oxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,4-diol
Molecular formula
C12H24N2O9
Molecular weight
340.33 g/mol
InChIKey
QLTSDROPCWIKKY-PMCTYKHCSA-N
PubChem CID
16213812

Exact CosIng INCI name equals a PubChem synonym · Checked 2026-08-31

Regulatory evidence across markets

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

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.

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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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