Polyene Ingredients
Safety Information
In 2020, the Expert Panel for Cosmetic Ingredient Safety assessed the safety of 26 polyene ingredients, concluding that the following are safe for use in cosmetics and personal care products in the present practices of use and concentration.
| Butene/Propylene Copolymer* | Isobutylene/Isoprene Copolymer* |
| Butylene/Ethylene Copolymer | Isoprene/Pentadiene Copolymer * |
| Butylene/Ethylene/Propylene Copolymer | Polybutene |
| Decene/Butene Copolymer | Poly(C4-12 Olefin)* |
| Ethylene/Octene Copolymer* | Poly(C6-14 Olefin)* |
| Ethylene/Propylene Copolymer | Poly(C20-28 Olefin)* |
| Hydrogenated Poly(C6-12 Olefin) | Poly(C30-45 Olefin) |
| Hydrogenated Poly(C6-14 Olefin) | Polydecene |
| Hydrogenated Poly(C6-20 Olefin) | Polyethylene |
| Hydrogenated Polybutene* | Polyisobutene |
| Hydrogenated Polydecene | Polyisoprene |
| Hydrogenated Polydodecene* | Polypentene* |
| Hydrogenated Polyisobutene | Polypropylene |
*These 10 ingredients were not reported to be in current use. Were they to be used in the future, the expectation is that they would be used in product categories and at concentrations comparable to others in this group.
FDA
Many of the polyene ingredients have been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use as indirect food additives and in medical devices. Additionally, isobutylene/isoprene copolymer, polyethylene and polyisobutene are approved direct food additives for chewing gumSticky, polysaccharide substances exuded by plants that are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying. bases.
According to the general provisions of the Cosmetics Regulation of the European Union, the polyene ingredients reviewed by the Expert Panel in 2020 are not restricted in any way from use in cosmetics and personal care products marketed in Europe.