# PEG/PPG-5/30 COPOLYMER

URL: https://app.greenveil.ai/ingredients/ingredient_unii_b9_y8_j911_bv
Categories: beauty
Functions: Emulsifying, Solvent, Cleansing, Hydrotrope
Identifier: PEG/PPG-10/2 COPOLYMER

> PEG/PPG-5/30 COPOLYMER: Used in cosmetics as an emulsifier, a solvent and a cleansing agent. Oxirane, methyl-, polymer with oxirane. FDA GSRS classifies this ingredient as ingredient substance polymer. Compiled from 3 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: FDA GSRS classifies this ingredient as ingredient substance polymer.

## Regulatory status

- EU: Active — Oxirane, methyl-, polymer with oxirane
- EU: Active — Oxirane, methyl, polymer with oxirane (116 mol EO, 66 mol PO average molar ratio)
- EU: Active — PEG/PPG-160/31 Copolymer is the block copolymer produced by the interaction of 160 moles of ethylene oxide with 31 moles of propylene oxide
- EU: Active — PEG/PPG-200/70 Copolymer is the block copolymer produced by the interaction of 2000 moles of ethylene oxide with 70 moles of propylene oxide
- EU: Active — Oxirane, methyl, polymer with oxirane (38 mol EO, 8 mol PO average molar ratio)
- US: listed in openFDA substance — openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as polymer.
- US: listed in openFDA substance — openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as concept.

## 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/57097
- FDA GSRS UNII (updated 2026-02-26): https://precision.fda.gov/uniisearch/
- openFDA Substance (updated 2026-05-24): https://api.fda.gov/other/substance.json?search=unii:B9Y8J911BV

_Assessed by Greenveil._