CITRIC ACID

Function
buffering, chelating, fragrance
CAS
77-92-9 / 5949-29-1
Comedogenic
0–0DERIVED, not measured: no member of the chelator_buffer family that Fulton 1989 tested scored 2 or above. Supporting rows -- Triethanolamine 2 is EXCLUDED from support and keeps its measured value; the derived 0 rests on Allantoin 0, Sodium PCA 0, Panthenol 0 -- small water-soluble additives. This ingredient itself was not tested; see docs/sources/fulton-1989-table-1.tsv.
Appears in
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Classified as

  • aha

Definition

Citric Acid is the organic acid that conforms to the formula:

Chemical definition from CosIng, the EU cosmetic ingredient register.