Parabens
The parabens (esters of 4-hydroxybenzoic acid) and their salts the EU names: those permitted as preservatives, and those banned outright.
Defined by EU Cosmetics Regulation 1223/2009, Annex V entries 12 and 12a, and Annex II 1374–1378. Every ingredient in our registry that the source names is included automatically, and each says why below.
21 ingredients in this family.
- 4-Hydroxybenzoic Acidlists "4-Hydroxybenzoic acid" (CAS 99-96-7)
- benzylparabenlists "Benzylparaben" (CAS 94-18-8)
- Butylparabenlists "Butylparaben" (CAS 94-26-8)
- Calcium Parabenlists "calcium paraben" (CAS 69959-44-0)
- Ethylparabenlists "ethylparaben" (CAS 120-47-8)
- Hexamidine Parabenlists "Hexamidine paraben" (CAS 93841-83-9)
- Isobutylparabenlists "Isobutylparaben" (CAS 4247-02-3)
- Isopropylparabenlists "Isopropylparaben" (CAS 4191-73-5)
- Methylparaben — answers to a parabenlists "methylparaben" (CAS 99-76-3)
- Phenylparabenlists "Phenylparaben" (CAS 17696-62-7)
- Potassium Butylparabenlists "potassium butylparaben" (CAS 38566-94-8)
- Potassium Ethylparabenlists "potassium ethylparaben" (CAS 36457-19-9)
- Potassium Methylparabenlists "potassium methylparaben" (CAS 26112-07-2)
- Potassium Parabenlists "potassium paraben" (CAS 16782-08-4)
- Potassium Propylparabenlists "potassium propylparaben" (CAS 84930-16-5)
- Propylparaben — answers to a paraben preservativelists "propylparaben" (CAS 94-13-3)
- Sodium Butylparabenlists "sodium butylparaben" (CAS 36457-20-2)
- Sodium Ethylparabenlists "sodium ethylparaben" (CAS 35285-68-8)
- Sodium Methylparabenlists "sodium methylparaben" (CAS 5026-62-0)
- Sodium Parabenlists "sodium paraben" (CAS 114-63-6)
- Sodium Propylparabenlists "sodium propylparaben" (CAS 35285-69-9)
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