"Medium penalty" in all categories.
- Origin(s): Synthetic
- INCI name: BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE
- EINECS/ELINCS number: 264-151-6 / 269-919-4 / 270-325-2 / 287-089-1
- Classification: Quaternary ammonium cation, Regulated, Preservative
Restriction in Europe:
V/54, III/65
For purposes other than inhibiting the development of microorganisms in the product. This purpose must be apparent from the presentation of the product.
The maximum permissible concentration in ready-to-use cosmetic preparations is 0.1% (benzalkonium chloride).
Wording of conditions of employment and warnings:
- Avoid contact with eyes
For purposes other than inhibiting the development of microorganisms in the product. This purpose must be apparent from the presentation of the product.
The maximum permissible concentration in ready-to-use cosmetic preparations is 0.1% (benzalkonium chloride).
Wording of conditions of employment and warnings:
- Avoid contact with eyes
Its functions (INCI)
- Antimicrobial : Helps slowing the growth of micro-organisms on the skin and counteracts the development of microbes
- Antistatic : Reduces static electricity by neutralizing electrical charge on a surface
- Deodorant : Reduces or masks unpleasant body odors
- Preservative : Inhibits the development of microorganisms in cosmetic products.
- Surfactant-dispersing : Help distribute an insoluble solid in a liquid phase. Suspensions or dispersions of liquids in a second liquid are generally called emulsions.
This ingredient is present in 0.24% of cosmetics.
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