PEG-8

Helps attract water.

In the PEGs group

What it is

A lab-made liquid, a short chain of polyethylene glycol. One of the PEGs, a family of lab-made ingredients.

A humectant that helps hold on to moisture, and a solvent that helps dissolve other ingredients.

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Helps attract waterOfficial EU function: Humectant

Dissolves other ingredientsOfficial EU function: Solvent

PEGs

Some people avoid PEG compounds as a personal preference, for example when they choose products sold as natural.

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