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
- industrial
- pharma
QUATERNIUM-15 cis-form
CAS 51229-78-8
Preservative
Concern score
Not assessed — no hazard data yet.
Why it's flagged
EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 83 composition records across product categories including Personal care, Cleaning and safety, Cleaning products and household care.
Regulation
No restrictions found. QUATERNIUM-15 cis-form appears in these published regulatory listings.
- commercial_presence
- consumer_product_presence
- cpdat_category:beauty|cleaning|industrial
- definition_level:complete
- definition_type:primary
- inactive_ingredient_database
- ingredient_type:ingredient substance
- occupational_presence
USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 83 composition records across product categories including Personal care, Cleaning and safety, Cleaning products and household care. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Preservative.
- EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 83 composition records across product categories including Personal care, Cleaning and safety, Cleaning products and household care. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Preservative.Source →
USFDAinactive ingredient databaseRoute: TOPICAL; Dosage form: CREAM; Potency: 0.1 %w/w
- Route: TOPICAL; Dosage form: CREAM; Potency: 0.1 %w/wSource →
USFDAlisted in openFDA substanceopenFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.
- openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.Source →
Evidence
No graded sources yet for QUATERNIUM-15 cis-form. 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
No fragrance-linked caution surfaced in the current profile.
This ingredient does not currently read as a fragrance-linked driver in the published evidence and hazard profile.
Where it appears
Prevalence of QUATERNIUM-15 cis-form in our catalog (epa_cpdat).
Products
83
Brands
6
Personal careCleaning and safetyCleaning products and household care
Typical roles
Preservative
