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
- 1060 products in our catalogue
Classified as
- aha
Definition
Citric Acid is the organic acid that conforms to the formula:
Chemical definition from CosIng, the EU cosmetic ingredient register.