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Butyl babassuate

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Butyl babassuate in plain language

What it does

Used in cosmetics as an emollient, a skin-conditioning agent and a cleansing agent. Butyl Babassuate is the ester of butyl alcohol and the fatty acid derived from babassu oil.

  • Emollient
  • Skin conditioning
  • Cleansing
  • Emulsion stabilising
Is it a concern?
We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet. It is listed for cosmetic use in the EU.

What we know about this ingredient

Canonical ingredient record built from 1 public-source records.

Regulation

No restrictions found. Butyl babassuate appears in these published regulatory listings.

  • EUCosIngActiveButyl Babassuate is the ester of butyl alcohol and the fatty acid derived from babassu oil
    • Butyl Babassuate is the ester of butyl alcohol and the fatty acid derived from babassu oilSource →

Expert safety opinions

No expert opinion on file for Butyl babassuate. 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 Butyl babassuate yet. This record is compiled from the published data sources below — registries and regulatory listings, not study findings.

1 data source

Where this comes from

  • CosIng

    regulatory · updated 2026-09-23

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Allergen profile

Canonical allergen markers detected on this ingredient. Each row is derived from the ingredient’s name or synonyms matching a known allergen class — useful when scanning a label for a specific allergy context.

  • FishContains · Oral (ingested)

    Source: chemindex_name_match

Suitability

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

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.