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Rice ferment lees

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Rice ferment lees in plain language

What it is

Also known as Rice ferment (sake) lees

What it does

Used in cosmetics as a humectant and a skin-conditioning agent. Rice Ferment Lees is the lees obtained by the fermentation of the Rice, Oryza sativa L., Poaceae.

  • Humectant
  • Skin conditioning
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. Rice ferment lees appears in these published regulatory listings.

  • EUCosIngActiveRice Ferment Lees is the lees obtained by the fermentation of the Rice, Oryza sativa L., Poaceae
    • Rice Ferment Lees is the lees obtained by the fermentation of the Rice, Oryza sativa L., PoaceaeSource →

Expert safety opinions

No expert opinion on file for Rice ferment lees. 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 Rice ferment lees 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.