# HYDROLYZED STARCH

URL: https://app.greenveil.ai/ingredients/ingredient_inci_hydrolyzed_starch
Categories: beauty, industrial
Functions: Humectant, Skin conditioning, Skin protecting, Conditioner
Identifier: DTXSID50865722

> HYDROLYZED STARCH: Used in cosmetics as a humectant, a skin-conditioning agent and a skin protectant. Hydrolyzed Starch is the hydrolysate of starch obtained from Ipomoea batatas, Manihot esculenta, Solanum tuberosum or Zea mays by acid enzyme or other method of hydrolysis. EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 1 composition records across product categories including Laboratory supplies. Compiled from 2 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 1 composition records across product categories including Laboratory supplies.

## Regulatory status

- EU: Active — Hydrolyzed Starch is the hydrolysate of starch obtained from Ipomoea batatas, Manihot esculenta, Solanum tuberosum or Zea mays by acid enzyme or other method of hydrolysis
- US: commercial use observed — EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 1 composition records across product categories including Laboratory supplies.
- US: commercial use observed — EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 0 composition records across product categories including unclassified products. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Humectant, Softener and conditioner.

## 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/86952
- EPA Chemical and Products Database (updated 2019-02-27): http://siri.org/msds/f2/blr/blrgr.html

_Assessed by Greenveil._