# Hydrogenated microcrystalline wax

URL: https://app.greenveil.ai/ingredients/ingredient_dtxsid_dtxsid701019744
Categories: beauty
Functions: Binding, Emulsion stabilising, Viscosity controlling, Emulsifier, Thickener, Stabiliser
Identifier: DTXSID701019744

> Hydrogenated microcrystalline wax: Used in cosmetics as a binder, an emulsion stabiliser and a thickener. Hydrogenated Microcrystalline Wax is Microcrystalline Wax that has been hydrogenated. EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 32 composition records across product categories including Personal care. Compiled from 3 published data sources.

## Safety assessment

- Chemical concern: not yet assessed
- Is it a concern? We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet. It is listed for cosmetic use in the EU.
- Rationale: EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 32 composition records across product categories including Personal care.

## Regulatory status

- EU: Active — Paraffin waxes and Hydrocarbon waxes, microcryst., hydrotreated. A complex combination of hydrocarbons obtained from residual oils by solvent crystallisation and treated with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst. It consists predominantly of saturated straight and branched chain hydrocarbons having carbon numbers predominantly greater than C25.
- EU: Active — Hydrogenated Microcrystalline Wax is Microcrystalline Wax that has been hydrogenated
- US: commercial use observed — EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 32 composition records across product categories including Personal care. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Viscosity modifier, Emulsifier, Binder.

## 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.

## Data sources

- CosIng (updated 2026-09-23): https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/details/76625
- EPA Chemical and Products Database (updated November 2014): http://www.unilevermsdsusa.com/MSDSSearch.aspx?fm=0&tb=0
- 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

_Assessed by Greenveil._