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  • Concentration of ingredients

    Posted by MurtazaHakim on February 26, 2019 at 10:26 am

    Greetings to all the forum members. This query of mine is regarding the order of ingredients listed on the products like liquid hand wash etc. The list of ingredients begins with aqua and then goes on….. Are the ingredients listed in descending order of concentration i.e the first ingredient is the largest in proportion and the final one is the least in proportion or the ingredients are just arbitrarily listed ??? 

    OldPerry replied 6 years ago 4 Members · 3 Replies
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  • JonahRay

    Member
    February 26, 2019 at 4:12 pm

    It’s in descending order of predominance with the exception of ingredients that are in concentrations of less than 1% or are colour additives.

  • EVchem

    Member
    February 26, 2019 at 5:35 pm

    in the US, @JonahRay is right, not sure how it works in other countries

  • OldPerry

    Professional Chemist / Formulator
    February 26, 2019 at 5:46 pm

    @EVchem - other countries follow the same rule.

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