# Hexetidine

URL: https://app.greenveil.ai/ingredients/ingredient_cas_141_94_6
Categories: beauty, industrial
Functions: preservative, oral care, Preservative
Identifier: 141-94-6

> Hexetidine is used as preservative / oral care. Greenveil chemical-concern score: 25/100 — Minor concern based on regulatory listings.. Assessed from 6 sources.

## Safety assessment

- Chemical concern score: 25/100 — Minor concern based on regulatory listings.
- Confidence: 4
- Rationale: 5-Pyrimidinamine, 1,3-bis(2-ethylhexyl)hexahydro-5-methyl- is listed in Annex V of the EU Cosmetics Regulation (EC) 1223/2009 (preservatives allowed in cosmetic products).

## Regulatory status

- EU: allowed_listed — Annex V of EU Cosmetics Regulation (EC) 1223/2009: preservatives allowed in cosmetic products. Maximum concentration: 0.1%
- US: commercial use observed — EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 1 composition records across product categories including unclassified products. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Preservative, oral care.
- US: listed in openFDA substance — openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.

_Assessed by Greenveil._