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Alanine

An amino acid that is part of the skin's natural moisturising factor.

What it does

  • Binds water

Tolerance

Neutral

Regulatory status

  • Not listed in Annexes II–VI. Every ingredient in a product sold in the EU is covered by the same regulation.

This is a regulatory fact, not an assessment of the ingredient. Products on the EU market comply with these limits. Source: CosIng, European Commission (CC BY 4.0).

Functions according to CosIng: antistatic, fragrance, hair conditioning, skin conditioning

CAS: 302-72-7 / 56-41-7

Products containing it

16 in the catalogue — the best-formulated first.

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