Explained
Agar is the vegan substitute for animal-gelatin. It helps thicken and improve the texture of cosmetics.
Agar is an antioxidant. Antioxidants help fight free-radicals. Free-radicals are molecules that may damage your skin cells.
Agar is created from cell-walls of red algae.
Agar is a rare cosmetic ingredient, with about 0.3% of the products in our database containing it.
What it does:
Where it's used
Agar is most often found as ingredient number 20 within an ingredient list.
These are the categories of products that use Agar the most:
References
Products with Agar
CosIng Data
- CosIng ID: 31385
- INCI Name: AGAR
- EC #: Â 232-658-1
- Ph. Eur. Name: agar
- All Functions: Binding, Masking, Viscosity Controlling
