OCTOCRYLENE

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 harmonised classification for sensitisation, irritation or eye damage, and no obligation to label it as an allergen.

• Environment

  No harmonised classification as hazardous to the aquatic environment, and it is not on ECHAEuropean Chemicals Agency.'s Candidate List as an endocrine disruptor for the environment.

• Read on the label

  The Cosmetics Regulation requires no warning to be printed for this ingredient.

UV filter allowed under conditions

Product type

a) Propellant spray products b) Other products

Maximum concentration

a) 9% b) 10% Footnote (*3): Benzophenone as an impurity and/or degradation product of Octocrylene shall be kept at trace level.

Entry

Annex VI, No 10

Substance

2-Cyano-3,3-diphenyl acrylic acid 2-ethylhexyl ester / Octocrilene

Glossary names

OCTOCRYLENE

CAS

6197-30-4

EC

228-250-8

Identity

CosIng identifier

35585

CAS (according to CosIng)

6197-30-4

EC (according to CosIng)

228-250-8

Declared functions

Light stabilizer, UV absorber, UV filter

Wikidata

Q424805

PubChem

22571

ECHA InfoCard

100.025.683

InChIKey

FMJSMJQBSVNSBF-UHFFFAOYSA-N

United Kingdom (Great Britain)

• UV filter allowed under conditions (Annex VI)

Same entries as in the European Union. Their maximum concentrations are compared in the “Comparison between countries” table; other conditions (product types, warnings) may differ.

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.

South Korea

• Restricted: 옥토크릴렌 (OCTOCRYLENE)

  별표 2, 자외선 차단성분 (UV filters), entry 18, page 16. Limit: 10%.

Australia

• Active ingredient allowed in sunscreens: OCTOCRYLENE

  Permissible Ingredients Determination (No. 3) 2026, sunscreen actives, entry 3550, page 125. Thresholds cited: must not be more than 10%.

  Conditions, source text

  Purpose: A | Only for use as an active ingredient in sunscreens for dermal application and not to be included in medicines intended for use in the eye. | The concentration in the medicine must not be more than 10%. | When used in primary sunscreen products, the following warning statements are required on the label: | - (AVOID) 'Avoid prolonged exposure in the sun' (or words to this effect); and | - (SUNPRO) 'Wear protective clothing - hats and eyewear when exposed to the sun' (or words to this effect).

Brazil

• Allowed under conditions: 2 – Ciano – 3, 3´– difenilacrilato de 2 – etilexila OCTOCRYLENE (OCTOCRYLENE)

  RDC 600/2022, Anexo (allowed UV filters), entry 5, page 2. Limit: 10% (expresso como ácido).

279 recorded products list it, according to Open Beauty Facts contributors. Records are dated: the formula may have changed. See the list (in French).