beauty
cleaning
food
pharma

Honey

CAS 91052-92-5

Also registered as 1 other CAS number

8028-66-8

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Honey in plain language

What it is: On cosmetic ingredient lists it appears as “Mel”.
Also known as Mel · Feng mi · Fengmi · Honey absolute · Honey extract · Honey preparation
Show all 8 names
Revamil · Mel (EU)
What it does: Used in cosmetics as a humectant, a moisturiser and an emollient. Honey is a saccharic secretion gathered and stored by honey bees, Apis mellifera.
Humectant
Moisturising
Emollient
Skin conditioning
Flavouring
Conditioner
Is it a concern?: We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet. It is listed for cosmetic use in the EU.

Regulation

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

In marketed US drugs

Recorded in these product areas

Found in consumer products
Beauty
Cleaning
Pharma
Food

EUCosIngActive2 entries
- Honey is a saccharic secretion gathered and stored by honey bees, Apis mellifera.Source →
- Naturally occurring substances, honey, a saccharic secretion gathered and stored by honey beesSource →
USFDAmarketed drug occurrence2 entries
- FDA NDC lists this ingredient in 17 active drug products and 17 total products.Source →
- FDA NDC lists this ingredient in 4 active drug products and 4 total products.Source →
USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 758 composition records across product categories including Personal care, Food and drug. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Humectant, Softener and conditioner, Flavouring and nutrient.
- EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 758 composition records across product categories including Personal care, Food and drug. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Humectant, Softener and conditioner, Flavouring and nutrient.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 Honey. 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 Honey yet. This record is compiled from the published data sources below — registries and regulatory listings, not study findings.

6 data sources

Where this comes from

CosIng
regulatory · updated 2026-09-23
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EPA Chemical and Products Database
exposure · updated june 21, 2019
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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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Reference links (1)

Openfda substance

sciencedirect.com

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

Source records

758

Named organisations

Personal careFood and drug

Typical roles

HumectantMoisturisingEmollientSkin conditioningFlavouringConditioner

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Catalog

Found in these products

Their ingredient lists include Honey; 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 Honey in the catalog.