# LYCOPENE

URL: https://app.greenveil.ai/ingredients/ingredient_cas_502_65_8
Categories: beauty, cleaning
Functions: colorant, Antioxidant, Dye, Flavouring and nutrient
Identifier: 502-65-8

> LYCOPENE is used as colorant / antioxidant. 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: Lycopene is listed in Annex IV of the EU Cosmetics Regulation (EC) 1223/2009 (colorants allowed in cosmetic products).

## Regulatory status

- EU: allowed_listed — Annex IV of EU Cosmetics Regulation (EC) 1223/2009: colorants allowed in cosmetic products. Conditions of use and warnings: Purity criteria as set out in Commission Directive 95/45/EC (E 160d)
- US: commercial use observed — EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 83 composition records across product categories including Personal care. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Dye, Antioxidant, Flavouring and nutrient.
- US: listed in openFDA substance — openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.

_Assessed by Greenveil._