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Octoxynol-9

Our database includes 14 products that contain Octoxynol-9.

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Explained

Octoxynol-9 are part of a group called ethoxylated alkyl phenols. Octoxynols are usually found in hair-coloring products.

As an emulsifier, it helps keep other ingredients together.

The 9 stands for the average number of ethylene oxide units used to create this ingredient.

Octoxynol-9 is a rare cosmetic ingredient, with about 0.0% of the products in our database containing it.

What it does:

Emulsifying

Where it's used

Octoxynol-9 is most often found as ingredient number 28 within an ingredient list.

These are the categories of products that use Octoxynol-9 the most:

CosIng Data

  • CosIng ID: 77681
  • INCI Name: OCTOXYNOL-9
  • EC #:  -
  • All Functions: Emulsifying, Surfactant
What is CosIng?

CosIng is the European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients.

SkinSort uses CosIng to source some of it's data on ingredient names and functions.