COTTON
Cotton is the cleaned, purified, bleached fibres of cotton derived from the seedcoat of various species of Gossypium.
COTTON 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
- 99562
- Entry status
- Active
- Published in the Official Journal
- Yes
- Recorded by the Commission
- 2023-05-23
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Inventory details for COTTON
INCI name
COTTON
Description
Cotton is the cleaned, purified, bleached fibres of cotton derived from the seedcoat of various species of Gossypium.
Record provenance
- Inventory reference
- cosing-live-99562
- Imported identity
- COTTON
- Source update
- 2023-05-23
Annex records for COTTON
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.
- ABSORBENT
- Taking up water- and/or oil-soluble (dissolved or finely dispersed) substances.
- ANTICAKING
- Preventing agglomeration of particulate solids into lumps or hard masses (cohesive cake), thus allowing free flow of particles.
- BULKING
- Non-reactive (chemically inert), solid ingredients that dilute other solids and/or increase the volume of cosmetic products.
- OPACIFYING
- Reducing transparency or translucency of cosmetics.
- SLIP MODIFIER
- Enhancing the flow properties of other ingredients without reacting chemically with them.
- SKIN CONDITIONING - MISCELLANEOUS
- Enhancing the appearance of dry and/or damaged skin by reducing flaking and restoring suppleness.
Official EU ingredient-name evidence
The ingredient name exactly matches the official 2025 EU glossary of common ingredient names.
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How COTTON appears in the CosIng inventory
The CosIng inventory lists COTTON 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.
COTTON is also tagged with 6 cosmetic functions 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.
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Source note for COTTON
This page reproduces the CosIng inventory entry for COTTON from public European Commission cosmetic ingredient materials and shows linked identifiers even when no direct annex match is currently attached.
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