DMEM
DMEM is a basal culture media composed of glucose, various amino acids, vitamins, and inorganic salts, and may or may not contain phenol red.
DMEM is listed in the EU CosIng inventory, but no direct annex records are linked on this page yet.
Regulatory evidence by market
No rule for this ingredient has been imported for any of the 13 markets tracked here.
That describes this inventory, not the law. No imported rule is not evidence that an ingredient is permitted: a rule may exist under another name or identifier, or in a dataset not yet imported here.
Exact external identity check
not_foundNo complete-name PubChem match was verified. The material may be a mixture, trade-style INCI identity or be indexed under another identifier; this result must not be read as proof that no related chemistry exists.
Exact CosIng INCI name equals a PubChem synonym · Checked 2026-08-31
Official European Commission record
- CosIng substance ID
- 101047
- Published in the Official Journal
- Yes
- Recorded by the Commission
- 2024-06-28
Fields as published by the European Commission. The link opens the entry itself, not a search for it.
Inventory details for DMEM
INCI name
DMEM
Description
DMEM is a basal culture media composed of glucose, various amino acids, vitamins, and inorganic salts, and may or may not contain phenol red.
Record provenance
- Inventory reference
- cosing-live-101047
- Imported identity
- DMEM
- Source update
- 2024-06-28
Annex records for DMEM
Key data
The CosIng inventory records no CAS number for this ingredient. That is the absence of an identifier in the source, not a finding about the substance.
- BUFFERING
- Stabilising the pH of an aqueous medium in a narrow range even if an acid or base is added. Altering and/or maintaining a cosmetic product's pH at the desired level.
Official EU ingredient-name evidence
The ingredient name exactly matches the official 2025 EU glossary of common ingredient names.
Related inventory evidence
Ingredients with overlapping formulation functions
Additional official and scientific sources
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How DMEM appears in the CosIng inventory
The CosIng inventory lists DMEM as a cosmetic ingredient and this page links it to 0 annex records. The inventory entry captures names and identifiers, while the annex records show where the substance is prohibited, restricted or positively listed in EU cosmetics law.
DMEM is also tagged with 1 cosmetic function in the official data. Function labels describe intended use, but they do not replace regulatory review of linked annex records before formulation or labelling work.
Frequently asked questions
Source note for DMEM
This page reproduces the CosIng inventory entry for DMEM from public European Commission cosmetic ingredient materials and shows linked identifiers even when no direct annex match is currently attached.
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