Beauty ingredient · Preservative / stabilizer
Iodopropynyl butylcarbamate (IPBC)
An antifungal preservative restricted in the EU (not in products for children under 3, except bath and shower products and shampoo).
- Preservative
- Expert review pending
Concern level
A minor or very limited concern, such as being an ultra-processing marker only. The concern level sets how many points iodopropynyl butylcarbamate (IPBC) costs on a product’s receipt.
What the evidence says
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Restricted useRegulatory
The EU allows it up to 0.02% in rinse-off and 0.01% in leave-on products, and not in most products for children under 3 (Annex V). [1]
Evidence tiers say how sure the evidence is, separately from how much it matters. About evidence tiers.
Popular products that list iodopropynyl butylcarbamate (IPBC)
1 of the 17,000 most-scanned products in the US with a GoodSwap page list iodopropynyl butylcarbamate (IPBC).
Names GoodSwap recognizes on labels (5)
- ipbc
- iodopropynyl
- butylcarbamate
- iodopropynyl butylcarbamate
- iodopropynyl butylcarbamate ipbc
Sources
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Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of 30 November 2009 on cosmetic products
“cosmetic products shall not contain any of the following: (a) prohibited substances — prohibited substances listed in Annex II”
eur-lex.europa.eu