Synthetic glycerin may be safely used as an ingredient in products intended for use in food packaging materials, subject to the provisions of this section: The skin depth ingredient hazard score of 1 to 10 reflects known and suspected hazards associated with the ingredients. The EWG VERIFIED mark™ means that a product meets the strictest EEC criteria for transparency and health. Cosmetics and personal care products do not need to be tested for safety before they are approved on the market. The Skin Deep rating system® is designed to help the public understand if a product is safe to use or contains ingredients of concern. The page table of contents is available only when multiple sections are displayed. The following pages of government regulations refer to this page. The Skin Deep Data Availability Score reflects the number of scientific studies on the product or ingredient in the published scientific literature. Use the navigation links in the gray bar at the top to view the table of contents to which this content belongs. Glycerol (also called glycerin) is a natural compound of alcohol and a component of many lipids. Glycerol can be of animal or plant origin. This ingredient is listed in PETA`s Caring Consumer Guide as a byproduct of soap making, which typically uses animal fat. (a) it is produced by hydrogenolysis of carbohydrates and contains not more than 0.2% by weight of a mixture of butanetriols; Each Skin Deep product and ingredient receives a two-part rating – one for hazard and one for data availability.
The safest products perform well in both measures, with a low hazard rating and a fair or better data availability rating. (b) it is used in quantities not exceeding the quantity reasonably necessary to achieve the desired physical or technical effect and in accordance with the restrictions imposed by the applicable provisions of Parts 174, 175, 176, 177, 178 and 179 of this Chapter; It must not, by object or in fact, have a direct physical or technical effect on the foodstuff itself. A product`s hazard score is not an average of the ingredient hazard scores. It is calculated using a weight-of-evidence approach that considers the hazards or health effects associated with the ingredients.