What does Hydrolyzed hydroxypropyl starch octenylsuccinate do?

Used in cosmetics as a humectant, a skin-conditioning agent and an antiplaque. Hydrolyzed Hydroxypropyl Starch Octenylsuccinate is the product obtained by the reaction of octenylsuccinic anhydride with the hydrolysate of Hydroxypropyl Starch derived by acid, enzyme or other method of hydrolysis.

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Hydrolyzed hydroxypropyl starch octenylsuccinate

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Hydrolyzed hydroxypropyl starch octenylsuccinate in plain language

What it does: Used in cosmetics as a humectant, a skin-conditioning agent and an antiplaque. Hydrolyzed Hydroxypropyl Starch Octenylsuccinate is the product obtained by the reaction of octenylsuccinic anhydride with the hydrolysate of Hydroxypropyl Starch derived by acid, enzyme or other method of hydrolysis.
Humectant
Skin conditioning
Antiplaque
Hair conditioning
Hair fixing
Cleansing
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. Hydrolyzed hydroxypropyl starch octenylsuccinate appears in these published regulatory listings.

EUCosIngActiveHydrolyzed Hydroxypropyl Starch Octenylsuccinate is the product obtained by the reaction of octenylsuccinic anhydride with the hydrolysate of Hydroxypropyl Starch derived by acid, enzyme or other method of hydrolysis.
- Hydrolyzed Hydroxypropyl Starch Octenylsuccinate is the product obtained by the reaction of octenylsuccinic anhydride with the hydrolysate of Hydroxypropyl Starch derived by acid, enzyme or other method of hydrolysis.Source →

Expert safety opinions

No expert opinion on file for Hydrolyzed hydroxypropyl starch octenylsuccinate. 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 Hydrolyzed hydroxypropyl starch octenylsuccinate 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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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.