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The Skin Deep ingredient hazard score, from 1 to 10, reflects known and suspected hazards linked to the ingredients. The EWG VERIFIED ® mark means a product meets EWG’s strictest criteria for transparency and health.
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10 gru 2022 · The CIR Expert Panel evaluated the scientific data and concluded that sorbic acid is safe for use in cosmetics and personal care products. According to EWG, sorbic acid is rated as a 3 on a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being the lowest overall risk to health and 10 being the highest.
Scientific Panel on Food Additives and Flavourings (FAF) Notes of the 3rd Meeting of the Working Group on the follow up of the re-evaluation of sorbic acid (E 200) and potassium sorbate (E 202) as food additives. Held on 13- 14/12/2018, Parma.
The biocidal product (“TC 3”) is used as a 10% aqueous solution of potassium sorbate and applied in preventive treatment of wood only. Due to the low vapour pressure of potassium sorbate (< 10-5 Pa, 25°C, 50 °C), inhalative exposure to vapour is of minor relevance.
Sorbic acid, or 2,4-hexadienoic acid, is a natural organic compound used as a food preservative. It has the chemical formula CH3(CH)4CO2H and the structure H 3 C −CH=CH−CH=CH− C (=O)OH. It is a colourless solid that is slightly soluble in water and sublimes readily.
