Definition
US FDA substance register · UNII TZ8Z31B35M · registered name COCHINEAL · biological origin (no fixed structure)
Cosmetic roles
Safety & regulatory references
- Allowed colourant
- United States
Source: US FDA prohibited and restricted ingredients
Not classified under Korea’s toxic-substance GHS list · existing chemical substance
Restriction IV/115 · Other restriction: ban substances that deplete the ozone layer
Source: EU CosIng ingredient list
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Names & identifiers
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 1343-78-8
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 215-680-6
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID2045735
Measured properties
- Appearance
- Solid
- Melting point
- 136 °C
- Solubility
- 1.3 mg/mL at 25 °C
- Melting/freezing point
- 349.84 ℃
- Initial boiling point and range
- 1031.55 ℃
- Water solubility
- 8874 ㎎/ℓ
- n-Octanol/water partition coefficient (Kow)
- -2.01
Values measured on the substance itself. The KOSHA data are a reference for writing and reviewing safety data sheets, not a specification for a commercial raw material.
Source: PubChem · KOSHA safety data sheets (Korea)
What products actually use it for
What the 9 products reported to the US EPA with this ingredient use it for. Products outside cosmetics are included, so the top few rows are its main uses.
- Dye7
- Fragrance2
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Related literature
- Quality and solidity of a cosmetic product made with the extract of the cochineal · 2019
- Color in cosmetics made with cochineal · 2016
- Cochineal powder as an eco-friendly carotenoid supplement to enhance coloration in Betta splendens · 2025
- Repeated atrial arrhythmia induced by cochineal red poisoning: A case report · 2023
- Cochineal dye-induced immediate allergy: Review of Japanese cases and proposed new diagnostic chart. · 2018
Linked databases 15
- China inventory of existing ingredients (IECIC)
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- Korea Cosmetic Association ingredient dictionary
- Korea toxic substances GHS register (NIER)
- KOSHA safety data sheets (Korea)
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic ingredient register 2
- PubChem
- Tlooto literature search 2 3 4 5
- UniChem cross-reference IDs
- US EPA CompTox dashboard
- US EPA DSSTox chemical database
- US FDA prohibited and restricted ingredients
- US FDA substance registration (GSRS)
- US FDA Unique Ingredient Identifier (UNII)
- Wikidata