# AMYLASE

URL: https://app.greenveil.ai/ingredients/ingredient_dtxsid_dtxsid4093778
Categories: beauty, cleaning, food, industrial
Functions: Skin conditioning, Enzyme preparation, Conditioner, Stabiliser, Cleaning agent
Identifier: DTXSID4093778

> AMYLASE: Used in cosmetics as a skin-conditioning agent. Greenveil chemical-concern score: 40/100 — Moderate concern based on regulatory listings.. Compiled from 4 published data sources.

## Safety assessment

- Chemical concern score: 40/100 — Moderate concern based on regulatory listings.
- Confidence in this assessment: High
- Is it a concern? Moderate concern: no hazard classifications on record. It is listed for cosmetic use in the EU.
- Rationale: EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 175 composition records across product categories including Laboratory supplies, Cleaning and safety, Cleaning products and household care.

## Regulatory status

- EU: Active — Amylase
- GLOBAL: Evaluated — JECFA evaluation record.
- GLOBAL: NOT SPECIFIED — JECFA evaluation lists ADI NOT SPECIFIED. Functional class: enzyme preparation.
- GLOBAL: NOT LIMITED — JECFA evaluation lists ADI NOT LIMITED. Functional class: enzyme preparation.
- GLOBAL: Evaluated — JECFA evaluation record. Functional class: enzyme preparation.
- GLOBAL: DECISION POSTPONED — JECFA evaluation lists ADI DECISION POSTPONED. Functional class: enzyme preparation.
- US: commercial use observed — EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 175 composition records across product categories including Laboratory supplies, Cleaning and safety, Cleaning products and household care. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Cleaning agent, Softener and conditioner, MULTIPLE SOIL/STAIN REMOVERS.

## Expert safety opinions

- SCCS (EU Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety): no opinion on file.
- CIR (Cosmetic Ingredient Review (US expert panel)): no opinion on file.
- JECFA (Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives): JECFA evaluation record. — https://apps.who.int/food-additives-contaminants-jecfa-database/Home/Chemical/811; JECFA evaluation lists ADI NOT SPECIFIED. Functional class: enzyme preparation. — https://apps.who.int/food-additives-contaminants-jecfa-database/Home/Chemical/766; JECFA evaluation lists ADI NOT LIMITED. Functional class: enzyme preparation. — https://apps.who.int/food-additives-contaminants-jecfa-database/Home/Chemical/807; JECFA evaluation record. Functional class: enzyme preparation. — https://apps.who.int/food-additives-contaminants-jecfa-database/Home/Chemical/804; JECFA evaluation lists ADI DECISION POSTPONED. Functional class: enzyme preparation. — https://apps.who.int/food-additives-contaminants-jecfa-database/Home/Chemical/806.

## Data sources

- CosIng (updated 2026-09-23): https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/details/31925
- EPA Chemical and Products Database (updated 8/17/19): http://siri.org/msds/f2/bjh/bjhyk.html
- EPA DSSTox Identifiers (updated 2025-12-29): https://epa.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Chemistry_Dashboard_Data_DSSTox_Identifiers_Mapped_to_CAS_Numbers_and_Names/5588566
- WHO JECFA Database (updated 2026-10-04): https://apps.who.int/food-additives-contaminants-jecfa-database/Home/Chemical/2389

_Assessed by Greenveil._