Protex

Cosmetic recorded by Open Beauty Facts contributors

Brand

colgate

EAN-13

8693495050838

Categories

Hygiene, Soaps

Packaging

Pack-de-8

Sales countries

France

Record created on

12 March 2019

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Fiche 8693495050838. Open Beauty Facts, export of cosmetic products, retrieved 23 October 2026.

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Points to note

Findings according to the 2019 list.

• Information

  The composition recorded on 12 March 2019 lists Butylphenyl Methylpropional, prohibited in cosmetics in the European Union from 1 March 2022 (Annex II, entry 1666). It predates that date: the formula may have changed since (liste de 2019, ancienne).

  Source: EU regulations amending the annexes of the Cosmetics Regulation, annexe II, entrée 1666.

• Information

  The composition recorded on 12 March 2019 lists Pentasodium Pentetate, prohibited in cosmetics in the European Union from 1 December 2023 (Annex II, entry 1721). It predates that date: the formula may have changed since (liste de 2019, ancienne).

  Source: EU regulations amending the annexes of the Cosmetics Regulation, annexe II, entrée 1721.

Who it concerns

For each group, the ingredients of the list that an official classification or rule mentions. Open an ingredient's page to read what the text says. A group with no name does not mean the ingredients were judged to have no effect for it.

Prohibition or serious classificationThe text prohibits the substance for this use, or ranks it among the most serious hazards (known or presumed carcinogenic, mutagenic or reprotoxic, identified endocrine disruptor).Worth watchingThe text sets a condition or flags a hazard worth knowing: allergen, suspected effect, condition for children, hazard to the aquatic environment.For informationOfficial information with no condition on a finished product: warning to read, irritation of the pure substance.

• Pregnancy and breastfeeding

  • Prohibition or serious classification Pentasodium PentetateClassified under the CLP Regulation: reproductive toxicity, category 1B (Repr. 1B), a hazard to the unborn child.
  • Prohibition or serious classification Butylphenyl MethylpropionalClassified under the CLP Regulation: reproductive toxicity, category 1B (Repr. 1B), a hazard to fertility (known or presumed hazard) and the unborn child (suspected hazard).

• Skin, eyes and allergies

  • Worth watching Parfum“Parfum” stands for a mixture whose composition does not have to be detailed. Some allergenic substances must nevertheless be named separately in the ingredient list above 0.001% (leave-on product) or 0.01% (rinse-off product). The Regulation names them in 63 entries of its Annex III, for example Linalool, Limonene, Citronellol, Geraniol, Coumarin, Citral, Eugenol or Hexyl Cinnamal: if you are allergic to one of them, look for its name in the list.
  • Worth watching Benzyl SalicylateClassified under the CLP Regulation: skin sensitisation, category 1B (Skin Sens. 1B). Allergen to declare: Annex III, entry 75, requires it to be named in the ingredient list above 0.001% in a leave-on product and 0.01% in a rinse-off product, so that allergic people can avoid it.
  • Worth watching CoumarinAllergen to declare: Annex III, entry 77, requires it to be named in the ingredient list above 0.001% in a leave-on product and 0.01% in a rinse-off product, so that allergic people can avoid it.
  • Worth watching GeraniolClassified under the CLP Regulation: skin sensitisation, category 1 (Skin Sens. 1). Allergen to declare: Annex III, entry 78, requires it to be named in the ingredient list above 0.001% in a leave-on product and 0.01% in a rinse-off product, so that allergic people can avoid it.
  • Worth watching LimoneneClassified under the CLP Regulation: skin irritation, category 2 (Skin Irrit. 2); skin sensitisation, category 1 (Skin Sens. 1). Allergen to declare: Annex III, entry 88, requires it to be named in the ingredient list above 0.001% in a leave-on product and 0.01% in a rinse-off product, so that allergic people can avoid it.
  • Worth watching LinaloolClassified under the CLP Regulation: skin sensitisation, category 1B (Skin Sens. 1B). Allergen to declare: Annex III, entry 84, requires it to be named in the ingredient list above 0.001% in a leave-on product and 0.01% in a rinse-off product, so that allergic people can avoid it.
  • For information PhenoxyethanolClassified under the CLP Regulation: serious eye damage, category 1 (Eye Dam. 1). This classification describes the pure substance; in a finished product it is far more diluted.

• Environment

  • Worth watching LimoneneClassified under the CLP Regulation: hazardous to the aquatic environment, short term, category 1 (Aquatic Acute 1); hazardous to the aquatic environment, long term, category 1 (Aquatic Chronic 1).

No official text covers the recognised ingredients for: babies and children, read on the label.

For a question about your own situation (pregnancy, child, allergy), show this list to your doctor, midwife or pharmacist: we cannot say whether this product suits you.

Recorded composition

List recorded on 12 March 2019, before new cosmetic regulation deadlines: BENZYL SALICYLATE (Annex III, entry 75): placing on the market of a non-compliant product prohibited from 1 January 2027, sale of a non-compliant product prohibited from 1 July 2028, sale of a non-compliant product prohibited from 1 August 2028 ; LIMONENE (Annex III, entry 88): placing on the market of a non-compliant product prohibited since 1 August 2026, sale of a non-compliant product prohibited from 1 August 2028. The formula may have changed: check the label of the product on sale.

18 recognised ingredients out of 39.

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Classified hazard (cancer, DNA, reproduction): Carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic for reproduction under the CLPEU regulation that classifies chemicals by their hazards (EC No 1272/2008). Regulation, or identified endocrine disruptor. Irritation, allergy and environment: see “Who it concerns”.