Gel forming
23 ingredients, 6,457 products
Official definition
Gives the consistency of a gel (a semi-solid preparation with some elasticity) to a liquid preparation.Decision 2006/257/EC, inventory of cosmetic ingredients (definitions of functions).
Definitions cited for information: the inventory decision was repealed on 8 May 2020. It does not establish an authorisation.
In plain words
23 ingredients in the database declare the function “Gel forming” in CosIngThe European Commission's database of cosmetic ingredients.. These are EU glossary names; an ingredient can declare several roles.
6,457 products in the database list at least one of these ingredients, each counted once. This count does not establish the role or effectiveness of the finished product.
Ingredients subject to a prohibition or conditions of use under the Cosmetics Regulation: 0. A declared role is not an authorisation: check the conditions for the ingredient and its intended use.
Ingredients declaring this function
Most frequent in the products of the database first.
| Ingredient | Regulatory status |
|---|---|
| XANTHAN GUM | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| CARBOMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| STEARALKONIUM HECTORITE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| SODIUM POLYNAPHTHALENESULFONATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| SODIUM CARBOMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| STEARALKONIUM BENTONITE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| STEARETH-100 | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| STEARETH-30 | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| SODIUM SURFACTIN | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| SODIUM DEXTRAN SULFATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| CROSCARMELLOSE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| SOLUM FULLONUM | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| EUGLENA GRACILIS POLYSACCHARIDE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| CARBOXYMETHYL CHITIN | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| CARBOXYMETHYL CHITOSAN | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| CARBOXYMETHYL DEXTRAN | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| CARBOXYMETHYL HYDROXYPROPYL GUAR | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| DIHYDROGENATED TALLOW BENZYLMONIUM HECTORITE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| SODIUM GLYCERETH-1 POLYPHOSPHATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| SODIUM METHYLNAPHTHALENESULFONATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| STEARETH-40 | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| STEARETH-50 | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| TEA-CARBOMER | Cited as an example in a rule, no rule of its own (Annex III) |
Ingredients subject to rules
No prohibition or conditions found for these ingredients in the Cosmetics Regulation annexes read.