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Caramel

Adds color.

What it is

A brown coloring made by heating sugars such as sucrose or glucose.

Gives the product a brown color and can add a sweet scent.

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What it does in a formula

Adds colorOfficial EU function: Colorant
Adds scentOfficial EU function: Fragrance

What official sources say

Restricted in certain uses · Cosmetics, EU

Allowed as a colorant in EU cosmetics with conditions (Annex IV).

Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009, Annex IV: list of colorants allowed in cosmetic products (CosIng), retrieved 2026-10-09

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