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.
EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 2590 composition records across product categories including Furniture and furnishings, Cleaning and safety, Specialty occupational products.
Concern score
The concern value is driven by the published classifications and regulatory status below — not by a single signal.
Concern score 45/100 (moderate) · high confidence.
Prevalence of POLYOXYL 20 CETOSTEARYL ETHER in our catalog (epa_cpdat).
Products
2,590
Brands
6
Typical roles
Context-specific fit derived from published classifications and the current ingredient evidence profile.
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.
Fragrance avoidance
No fragrance-linked caution surfaced in the current profile.
Primary documents currently linked to this ingredient record.
Structured claim signals pulled from linked ingredient research.
Published jurisdiction-level classifications and regulatory designations for this ingredient.
US
EPA
EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 2590 composition records across product categories including Furniture and furnishings, Cleaning and safety, Specialty occupational products. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Surfactant (surface active agent), Emulsifier, Stabilizing agent.
US
FDA
Route: TOPICAL; Dosage form: AEROSOL, FOAM; Maximum daily exposure: 200 mg
US
FDA
This ingredient does not currently read as a fragrance-linked driver in the published evidence and hazard profile.
The published evidence profile currently shaping this ingredient record.
Route: TOPICAL; Dosage form: CREAM; Potency: 5 %w/w
US
FDA
Route: TOPICAL; Dosage form: CREAM; Maximum daily exposure: 20 mg
US
FDA
Route: TOPICAL; Dosage form: CREAM, AUGMENTED; Potency: 1 %w/w
US
FDA
Route: TOPICAL; Dosage form: LOTION; Potency: 2.3 %w/w
US
FDA
Route: ORAL; Dosage form: SUSPENSION; Maximum daily exposure: 20 mg
US
FDA
Route: TOPICAL; Dosage form: AEROSOL; Potency: 5.5 %w/w
US
FDA
Route: TOPICAL; Dosage form: AEROSOL, FOAM; Maximum daily exposure: 374 mg
US
FDA
Route: TOPICAL; Dosage form: CREAM; Maximum daily exposure: 180 mg
US
FDA
Route: TOPICAL; Dosage form: LOTION; Maximum daily exposure: 71 mg
US
FDA
Route: TOPICAL; Dosage form: SPRAY; Potency: 2.42 %w/w
US
FDA
openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as mixture.