beauty
cleaning
food
industrial

Retinol

CAS 68-26-8

Also registered as 6 other CAS numbers

11103-57-4 · 69686-69-7 · 5979-23-7 · 13123-33-6 · 17104-91-5 · 2820400-21-1

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Retinol in plain language

What it is: Also known as Vitamin a · All-trans-retinol · Vitamin a alcohol · Agiolan · Agoncal · All-trans retinol
Show all 25 names
Antixerophthalmisches Vitamin · Axerophtholum · Bentavit A · Homagenets Aoral · Retinol, all-trans- · Retinolo · Retinolum · Ro-a-vit · Sehkraft A · Super A · Testavol S · Veroftal · Vitamine A · Vitaminum A · Wachstumsvitamin · all-trans-Vitamin A · retinol (vitamin a) · trans-retinol · vitamin a (retinol)
What it does: Used in consumer products as a flavouring and a conditioner.
Flavouring
Conditioner
Is it a concern?: We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet.

Regulation

No restrictions found. Retinol appears in these published regulatory listings.

Recorded in these product areas

Found in consumer products
Beauty
Cleaning
Pharma
Food
Industrial

USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 362 composition records across product categories including Food and drug, Personal care, Construction. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Softener and conditioner, Flavouring and nutrient.
- EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 362 composition records across product categories including Food and drug, Personal care, Construction. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Softener and conditioner, Flavouring and nutrient.Source →
USFDAlisted in openFDA substanceopenFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.
- openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.Source →

Expert safety opinions

No expert opinion on file for Retinol. 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.
JECFA
Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives
No JECFA evaluation on file.
EFSA
European Food Safety Authority
No EFSA opinion on file.

Evidence & sources

No graded research studies for Retinol 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 2018
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EPA DSSTox Identifiers
chemistry · updated 2025-12-29
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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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PubChem Live Enrichment
chemistry · updated 2026-05-17
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Suitability

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

Food use

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.

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 Retinol in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

362

Named organisations

Food and drugPersonal careConstruction

Typical roles

FlavouringConditioner

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Catalog

Found in these products

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

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Co-occurrence

Often appears with

Ingredients that frequently appear alongside Retinol in the catalog.