beauty
cleaning
industrial
pharma

Witch hazel

CAS 68916-39-2

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Witch hazel in plain language

What it is: Also known as Hamamelis · American witchhazel twig water · Hamamelis macrophylla twig water · Hamamelis virginiana twig steam distillate · Hamamelis virginiana twig water · Witch hazel twig water
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Witch hazel volatile oil · Witchhazel twig water · Hamamelis Virginiana oil · Hamamelis oil · Hamamelis water · NCI-C50544 · hamamelis virginiana Oils · Snapping hazel · Spotted alder · Striped alder · witch hazel plant extract
What it does: We don't have a plain-language description for Witch hazel yet.
Is it a concern?: We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet.

Regulation

No restrictions found. Witch hazel appears in these published regulatory listings.

In marketed US drugs

Recorded in these product areas

Found in consumer products
Beauty
Cleaning
Industrial

USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 204 composition records across product categories including Personal care, Laboratory supplies.
- EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 204 composition records across product categories including Personal care, Laboratory supplies.Source →
USFDAmarketed drug occurrenceFDA NDC lists this ingredient in 122 active drug products and 124 total products.
- FDA NDC lists this ingredient in 122 active drug products and 124 total products.Source →
USFDAlisted in openFDA substanceopenFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as structurallydiverse.
- openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as structurallydiverse.Source →

Expert safety opinions

No expert opinion on file for Witch hazel. These are the independent scientific bodies that assess ingredients like this one; we show an opinion only when a record we hold cites it.

SCCS
EU Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety
No SCCS opinion on file.
CIR
Cosmetic Ingredient Review (US expert panel)
No CIR safety assessment on file.

Evidence & sources

No graded research studies for Witch hazel yet. This record is compiled from the published data sources below — registries and regulatory listings, not study findings.

5 data sources

Where this comes from

EPA Chemical and Products Database
exposure · updated September 2015
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EPA DSSTox Identifiers
chemistry · updated 2025-12-29
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FDA National Drug Code Directory
regulatory · updated 2027-12-31
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FDA GSRS UNII
registry · updated 2026-02-26
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openFDA Substance
registry · updated 2026-05-24
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Suitability

Context-specific fit derived from published classifications and the current ingredient evidence profile.

Fragrance avoidance

Nothing to weigh for this context yet.

No signal in this context

We have no published hazard signal for this ingredient, so we cannot say how it behaves in this context — that is missing evidence, not a clean result.

Where it has been recorded

How often EPA CPDat has listed Witch hazel in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

204

Named organisations

Personal careLaboratory supplies

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Catalog

Found in these products

Their ingredient lists include Witch hazel; each product's own rating depends on its whole formula, so it is shown on the product page, not here.

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