Food use
Food-use source coverage is present in the current record.
The ingredient appears in food-oriented source coverage or allowed-use references, which makes food use easier to support than a context with no domain signal at all.
- beauty
- cleaning
- food
- industrial
Diethanolamine
100/100 · High conf.
Admixture (residual) · Corrosion inhibitor · Emulsifier
Concern score
100/100Critical concern.
Well researched
Why it's flagged
Secondary alkyl- and alkanolamines and their salts is prohibited in cosmetic products under Annex II of the EU Cosmetics Regulation (EC) 1223/2009.
The score describes this ingredient's chemical identity — its hazard profile from published classifications and regulatory status — not the safety of any product it appears in.
Evidence
No graded sources yet for Diethanolamine. We publish evidence only once a source is linked and reviewed — this ingredient is in the catalog, but has not been assessed.
Suitability
Context-specific fit derived from published classifications and the current ingredient evidence profile.
Good fit
Fragrance avoidance
Not a strong fit for fragrance avoidance because it carries Fragrance.
The ingredient itself is a fragrance-linked signal, so it is better treated as an avoid case when fragrance exposure is the main concern.
