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Rice SH-POLYPEPTIDE-3

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Rice SH-POLYPEPTIDE-3 in plain language

What it does

Used in cosmetics as a humectant, a skin-conditioning agent and an opacifier.

  • Humectant
  • Skin conditioning
  • Opacifying
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 SH-POLYPEPTIDE-3 appears in these published regulatory listings.

  • EUCosIngActiveRice sh-Polypeptide-3 is a single chain recombinant human peptide, produced by transgenic rice, Oryza sativa, after the transient expression or stable insertion of a copy of a human gene into its DNA.
    • Rice sh-Polypeptide-3 is a single chain recombinant human peptide, produced by transgenic rice, Oryza sativa, after the transient expression or stable insertion of a copy of a human gene into its DNA.Source →

Expert safety opinions

No expert opinion on file for Rice SH-POLYPEPTIDE-3. 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 SH-POLYPEPTIDE-3 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.