CAPSANTHIN/CAPSORUBIN (capsanthin)
Official label name (INCIInternational name of cosmetic ingredients: the one printed on the pack. name, EU glossary of cosmetic ingredient names), No 5426
- Cited as an example in a rule, no rule of its own (Annex IV)
CAPSANTHIN/CAPSORUBIN (capsanthin): Cited as an example in a rule, no rule of its own (Annex IV, entry 147), under Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009. Annexes of the Regulation consulted on 21 October 2026.
Who it concerns
What official classifications and rules say for each group. A classification describes the hazard of the pure substance, not the risk of a product that contains it, which depends on the dose and the exposure.
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
No classification harmonised by the European Union covers reproduction, the unborn child or breastfeeding for this substance. This does not mean it has been judged to have no effect during pregnancy.
Babies and children
The Cosmetics Regulation sets no age-related condition for this ingredient.
Skin, eyes and allergies
No official classification for sensitisation, irritation or eye damage, and no obligation to label it as an allergen.
Environment
No official classification as hazardous to the aquatic environment and no assessment as an endocrine disruptor for the environment.
Read on the label
The Cosmetics Regulation requires no warning to be printed for this ingredient.
In plain words
What it is used for
Functions declared by manufacturers:
Colorant: colours cosmetics and/or imparts colour to the skin and/or its appendages.
What the rules say
This name is only cited as an example in an entry of Annex IV, which covers a family of substances: the exact conditions depend on the form used.
The text of the annexes
Colorant allowed under conditions
CosIng cites the name CAPSANTHIN/CAPSORUBIN in this entry, whose regulated name is “CAPSANTHIN, CAPSORUBIN”: the title below says which form or use it covers.
- Purity criteria
- Purity criteria as set out in Commission Directive 95/45/EC (E160c)
- Entry
- Annex IV, No 147
- Substance
- Paprika extract, Capsanthin, capsorubin
- Glossary names
- CAPSANTHIN, CAPSORUBIN
- EC
- 207-364-1 / 207-425-2
Identity
- CosIng identifier
- 32428
- CAS (according to CosIng)
- 465-42-9
- EC (according to CosIng)
- 207-364-1
- Declared functions
- Colorant
- Wikidata
- Q425431
- PubChem
- 5281228
- ECHAEuropean Chemicals Agency. InfoCard
- 100.006.696
- InChIKey
- VYIRVAXUEZSDNC-RDJLEWNRSA-N
Elsewhere in the world
Information on other jurisdictions, with no effect on sale in France. What is covered, and what is not yet.
Comparison between countries
Most restrictive status in each country, and the maximum concentration cited. The details and the source of each rule follow.
| Country | Rule | Maximum concentration cited |
|---|---|---|
| European Union | Cited as an example in a rule, no rule of its own | not cited |
| United Kingdom | Cited as an example in a rule, no rule of its own | not cited |
| Switzerland | EU Regulation applies | not cited |
| United States (federal) | No federal rule recorded | not cited |
| Japan | No entry in the lists recorded | not cited |
| South Korea | No entry in the lists recorded | not cited |
| China | No entry in the lists recorded | not cited |
| Australia | No entry in the lists recorded | not cited |
| Brazil | No entry in the lists recorded | not cited |
United Kingdom (Great Britain)
- Cited as an example in a rule, no rule of its own (Annex IV)
Same entries as in the European Union. Conditions (concentrations, warnings) may differ: they are not compared here.
Switzerland
Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 applies in Switzerland (Article 54 of the Ordinance on Foodstuffs and Utility Articles).
United States, federal rules
None of the integrated sections of the federal code (21 CFR 700.11 to 700.27 and 250.250) targets this name. The FDA does not publish a list of allowed ingredients.
Glossary: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1175. Page updated on 21 October 2026.