PENTETIC ACID
Official label name (INCI name, EU glossary of cosmetic ingredient names), No 20435
- Prohibited in cosmetics (Annex II)
PENTETIC ACID: Prohibited in cosmetics (Annex II, entry 1720), under Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009.
In plain words
What it is used for
Functions declared by manufacturers:
Chelating: reacts and forms complexes with metal ions which could affect the stability and/or appearance of cosmetics.
What the rules say
It is prohibited to use it in a cosmetic product sold in the European Union, whatever the dose. If it appears on the ingredient list of a recent product, this needs checking: the record may be old or wrong, or the product intended for another market.
Hazard and risk
The CLP Regulation classifies this substance as toxic for reproduction, category 1B (presumed effect, established mainly from animal studies).
This classification describes what the substance can cause (a hazard), not what happens when using a product (a risk): the risk depends on the dose, the form and the route of exposure (skin, inhalation, ingestion).
Already prohibited in cosmetics (Annex II).
The text of the annexes
Prohibited in cosmetics
CosIng links the name PENTETIC ACID to this Annex II entry.
- Entry
- Annex II, No 1720
- Substance
- N-carboxymethyliminobis(ethylenenitrilo)tetra(acetic acid); Pentetic Acid (INCI)
- CAS
- 67-43-6
- EC
- 200-652-8
Dates in the act (3)
- Entry into force on 9 August 2023
- Application from 1 December 2023
It shall apply from 1 December 2023.
- Entry into force on 1 December 2023
Excerpts from the English text published in the Official Journal. A date may concern only some substances of the act: the excerpt says so.
Identity
- CosIng identifier
- 36487
- CAS (according to CosIng)
- 67-43-6
- EC (according to CosIng)
- 200-652-8
- Declared functions
- Chelating
- Wikidata
- Q416487
- PubChem
- 3053
- ECHA InfoCard
- 100.000.593
- InChIKey
- QPCDCPDFJACHGM-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Classified hazard (CLP Regulation)
A classification describes an intrinsic hazard, not a risk: the risk depends on the dose, the form and the exposure.
N-carboxymethyliminobis(ethylenenitrilo)tetra(acetic acid)
CMR Repr. 1B
- Hazard classes
- Repr. 1B
Acute Tox. 4
STOT RE 2
Eye Irrit. 2 - Hazard statements
- H360D H332 H373 (inhalation) H319
Already prohibited in cosmetics (Annex II).
Elsewhere in the world
Information on other jurisdictions. What is covered, and what is not yet.
United Kingdom (Great Britain)
- No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation
Entry 1720 of Annex II of EU law (Regulation (EU) 2023/1490) has no equivalent in British law.
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.