EU Cosmetics Regulation
The legal authority
Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 governs which ingredients may be used in cosmetics in the EU — and under which conditions.
Product transparency
See what's really inside.
Paste a product link or ingredient list. We read the label against EU standards — calmly, without the fear.
How it works
From label to clarity, in three quiet steps.
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Show us the product
Paste a link from any shop, paste the ingredient list itself, or photograph the packaging while you're in store.
- 02
We read it carefully
Ingredient names are standardised to their official INCI form and checked against the EU Cosmetics Regulation and its annexes.
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You get the full picture
One calm card: what each ingredient actually does, which marketing claims hold up, and links to the sources behind every statement.
Built on established sources
Checked against the real thing.
CosIng
The reference database
The European Commission's ingredient database. We use it for names, functions and annex references — an entry is not a stamp of approval.
SCCS opinions
The science
When a relevant scientific opinion has been retrieved, we link to the actual document — limited to what it actually assessed.
CIR
Complementary perspective
US expert assessments, shown as a supplementary perspective and always attributed separately from EU sources.
Citations appear on a card only when they have been retrieved from the source itself. When something can't be verified, the card says so — plainly.
Marketing vs. reality
Claims, quietly examined.
On the label
"Enriched with restorative botanical extracts"
What the list supports
The extract appears after the preservative. That supports a cautious inference about its placement — never a measured concentration, and never a verdict.
Facts, inferences and unknowns are marked separately, so you always know which is which.
See what's really inside.
Paste a product link above — no account needed. Curious how we work? The method is public.