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Ethoxydiglycol

Helps attract water.

What it is

A clear liquid made in a lab, from the family of compounds called glycol ethers.

A solvent that helps dissolve other ingredients and helps hold moisture in the product.

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What it does in a formula

Helps attract waterOfficial EU function: Humectant
Dissolves other ingredientsOfficial EU function: Solvent
Adds scentOfficial EU function: Perfuming

What official sources say

Restricted in certain uses · Cosmetics, EU

Allowed in EU cosmetics only within set limits and conditions (Annex III, entry 297).

Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009, Annex III: list of substances which cosmetic products must not contain except subject to the restrictions laid down (CosIng), retrieved 2026-10-09

A label gives no amounts, so none of this says a product is unsafe.