# PROPANEDIOL

URL: https://app.greenveil.ai/ingredients/ingredient_dtxsid_dtxsid8041246
Categories: beauty, cleaning, food, industrial
Functions: Solvent, Viscosity controlling, Humectant, Fragrance, Stabiliser
Identifier: DTXSID8041246

> PROPANEDIOL: Used in cosmetics as a solvent and a thickener. Greenveil chemical-concern score: 20/100 — Minor concern based on regulatory listings.. Compiled from 8 published data sources.

## Safety assessment

- Chemical concern score: 20/100 — Minor concern based on regulatory listings.
- Confidence in this assessment: High
- Is it a concern? Minor concern: no hazard classifications on record. It is listed for cosmetic use in the EU.
- Rationale: EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 13 composition records across product categories including Raw materials, Personal care, Cleaning products and household care.

## Regulatory status

- EU: Active — Propanediol is the organic compound that conforms to the formula
- EU: EFSA opinion — Scientific Opinion on the evaluation of the substances currently on the list in the annex to Commission Directive 96/3/EC as acceptable previous cargoes for edible fats and oils - Part III of III (EFSA CONTAM)
- GLOBAL: Evaluated — JECFA evaluation record.
- US: commercial use observed — EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 13 composition records across product categories including Raw materials, Personal care, Cleaning products and household care. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Fragrance, Chemical reaction regulator, Solvent.
- US: listed in openFDA substance — openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.

## 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.
- EFSA (European Food Safety Authority): Scientific Opinion on the evaluation of the substances currently on the list in the annex to Commission Directive 96/3/EC as acceptable previous cargoes for edible fats and oils - Part III of III (EFSA CONTAM) — 2012 — https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2012.2984.
- JECFA (Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives): JECFA evaluation record. — https://apps.who.int/food-additives-contaminants-jecfa-database/Home/Chemical/5597.

## Data sources

- CosIng (updated 2026-09-23): https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/details/58392
- EFSA OpenFoodTox (updated 2026-10-04): https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8120114
- EPA Chemical and Products Database (updated October 2017): http://siri.org/msds/f2/btq/btqwn.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
- FDA GSRS UNII (updated 2026-02-26): https://precision.fda.gov/uniisearch/
- WHO JECFA Database (updated 2026-10-04): https://apps.who.int/food-additives-contaminants-jecfa-database/Home/Chemical/5597
- openFDA Substance (updated 2026-05-24): https://api.fda.gov/other/substance.json?search=unii:5965N8W85T
- PubChem Live Enrichment (updated 2026-05-17): https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/10442

_Assessed by Greenveil._