COSMOS APPROVED raw materials (without organic content)

This is a non-exhaustive list and only contains non organic raw materials which have been applied for approval and can be used in the composition of cosmetic products certified to the COSMOS-standard.
A separate list contains certified raw materials that have organic content.
The technical verification of these raw materials is based on the documentary evidence provided by their manufacturer and applies to the current year.

NOTE :  the raw materials approved in compliance with Version 3.1 of the COSMOS-standard may still be used until December 1st, 2025 for any finished products currently certified according to Version 3.1 of the Standard.

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COSMOS-standard Definition:

PPAI = Physically Processed Agro-Ingredient CPAI = Chemically Processed Agro-Ingredient   PeMo = Petrochemical Moieties NNI = Non Natural Ingredient 

Commercial name INCI PPAI % PPAI Organic % CPAI % CPAI Organic % PeMo % NNI % Company name Certified by Functions Restrictions Version Brand name
RESPLANTA PHYTO POMEGRANATE MB* Punica Granatum Seed Oil Polyglyceryl-4 Esters 0 % - 99.00 % - 0 % 0 % Sharon Personal Care Srl a socio unico ECOCERT GREENLIFE
  • EMULSION STABILISING 
  • SURFACTANT 
  • Sustainable palm
4.1
RESPLANTA PHYTO PUMPKIN MB* Pumpkin Seed Oil Polyglyceryl-4 Esters 0 % - 99.00 % - 0 % 0 % Sharon Personal Care Srl a socio unico ECOCERT GREENLIFE
  • EMULSION STABILISING 
  • SURFACTANT 
  • Sustainable palm
4.1
RESPLANTA PHYTO SAFFLOWER MB* Safflower Seed Oil Polyglyceryl-4 Esters 0 % - 99.00 % - 0 % 0 % Sharon Personal Care Srl a socio unico ECOCERT GREENLIFE
  • EMULSION STABILISING 
  • SURFACTANT 
  • Sustainable palm
4.1
RESPLANTA PHYTO SHEA MB* Shea Butter Polyglyceryl-4 Esters (and) Aqua 0 % - 99.00 % - 0 % 0 % Sharon Personal Care Srl a socio unico ECOCERT GREENLIFE
  • EMULSION STABILISING 
  • SURFACTANT 
  • Sustainable palm
4.1
RESPLANTA PHYTO SUNFLOWER MB* Sunflower Seed Oil Polyglyceryl-4 Esters (and) Aqua 0 % - 99.00 % - 0 % 0 % Sharon Personal Care Srl a socio unico ECOCERT GREENLIFE
  • EMULSION STABILISING 
  • SURFACTANT 
  • Sustainable palm
4.1
Resurgent Power BCR COSMOS Water/Aqua & Eleutherococcus Senticosus (Siberian Ginseng) Root Extract & Rhaponticum Carthamoides (Maral) Root Extract & Inonotus Obliquus (Mushroom) Extract & Selaginella Lepidophylla Extract & Populus Tremuloides (Aspen) Bark Extract 6.00 % - 0 % - 0 % 0 % Bio Component Research ECOCERT GREENLIFE
4.1
Resveratrol BT COSMOS Water/Aqua & Polygonum Cuspidatum Root Extract & Populus Tremuloides (Aspen) Bark Extract 3.00 % - 0 % - 0 % 0 % Bio Component Research ECOCERT GREENLIFE
4.1
RETYL MSB Water (and) Padina Pavonica Thallus Extract (and) Propanediol (and) Potassium Sorbate (and) Sodium Benzoate 79.55 % - 19.90 % - 0 % 0.45 % GELYMA ECOCERT GREENLIFE
4.1
Revertime Montmorillonite (and) Ulva Lactuca Extract 7.00 % - 0 % - 0 % 0 % EPHYLA ECOCERT GREENLIFE
4.1
Revinage MB Bidens Pilosa Extract (and) Elaeis Guineensis (Palm) Oil (and) Gossypium Herbaceum (Cotton) Seed Oil (and) Linum Usitatissimum (Linseed) Seed Oil 100 % - 0 % - 0 % 0 % Chemyunion Ltda. ECOCERT GREENLIFE
  • SKIN CONDITIONING AND PROTECTING 
  • Sustainable palm
4.1
REWOTERIC® AM 2 C NM MB * Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate 0 % - 18.23 % - 22.27 % 0 % Evonik Operations GmbH IONC
  • SURFACTANT 
  • Sustainable palm
4.1
REWOTERIC® AM C MB * Sodium Cocoamphoacetate 0 % - 15.18 % - 17.82 % 0 % Evonik Operations GmbH IONC
  • SURFACTANT 
  • Sustainable palm
4.1
RHAMNOSOFT HP NAT Water (and) Biosaccharide Gum-2 (and) Sodium Benzoate (and) Potassium Sorbate 0 % - 2.50 % - 0 % 0.45 % SOLABIA - GROUPE SOLABIA ECOCERT GREENLIFE
4.1
Rhamnosoft HP ST® Biosaccharide Gum-2 0 % - 2.50 % - 0 % 0 % SOLABIA - GROUPE SOLABIA ECOCERT GREENLIFE
4.1
Rheo2Green1 MB* Aqua (and) Lauryl Glucoside (and) Disodium Cocoyl Glutamate 0 % - 30.77 % - 0 % 0 % Schill+Seilacher GmbH ECOCERT GREENLIFE
  • SURFACTANT 
  • Sustainable palm
4.1
Rheo2Green2 MB* Aqua (and) Lauryl Glucoside (and) Disodium Cocoyl Glutamate (and) Sodium Benzoate (and) Potassium Sorbate 0 % - 30.77 % - 0 % 1.90 % Schill+Seilacher GmbH ECOCERT GREENLIFE
  • SURFACTANT 
  • Sustainable palm
4.1
Rheo2Green3 MB Aqua, Disodium Lauroamphoacetate, Disodium Cocoyl Glutamate 0 % - 16.77 % - 2.63 % 0 % Schill+Seilacher GmbH ECOCERT GREENLIFE
  • SURFACTANT 
  • Sustainable palm
4.1
RHEOLEX LM-200 Glucomannan 100 % - 0 % - 0 % 0 % SHIMIZU CHEMICAL CORPORATION ECOCERT GREENLIFE
  • GEL FORMING 
  • VISCOSITY CONTROLLING 
4.1
RHEOLEX LM-600 Glucomannan 100 % - 0 % - 0 % 0 % SHIMIZU CHEMICAL CORPORATION ECOCERT GREENLIFE
  • GEL FORMING 
  • VISCOSITY CONTROLLING 
4.1
RHEOLEX LM-C Glucomannan 100 % - 0 % - 0 % 0 % SHIMIZU CHEMICAL CORPORATION ECOCERT GREENLIFE
  • GEL FORMING 
  • VISCOSITY CONTROLLING 
4.1
Rheum palmatum root extract GLYCERIN, WATER, RHEUM PALMATUM ROOT EXTRACT 15.00 % - 59.70 % - 0 % 0 % Green Mountain Biotech Cosmecert
4.1
Rhodapon CAS 100 N MB Sodium Coco Sulfate 0 % - 94.00 % - 0 % 0 % Syensqo - Specialty Operations France ECOCERT GREENLIFE
  • Sustainable palm
  • Use only as surfactant for rinse-off products
4.1
Rhovanil Natural CW Fine Mesh* Vanillin 0 % - 100 % - 0 % 0 % Specialty Operations France ECOCERT GREENLIFE
  • FRAGRANCE 
4.1
RhuStem Glycerin (and) Water (and) Rhus Semialata Extract (and) Pentylene Glycol (and) Decyl Glucoside (and) Polyglyceryl-10 Laurate 0 % - 80.34 % - 0 % 0 % BIOSPECTRUM, Inc ECOCERT GREENLIFE
  • SKIN CONDITIONING AND PROTECTING 
  • Sustainable palm
4.1
Rice/ Almond Oil Herbamilk® Eco Glycerin (and) Aqua (and) Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis Oil (and) Oryza Sativa Extract (and) Hydrogenated Lecithin (and) Citric Acid 7.40 % - 84.16 % - 0 % 0 % Lipoid Kosmetik AG ECOCERT GREENLIFE
  • MOISTURISING 
  • REFATTING 
4.1
RICE BRAN CERAMILAR SACCHAROMYCES/RICE FERMENT FILTRATE (AND) ORYZA SATIVA (RICE) BRAN WAX 0 % - 100 % - 0 % 0 % Hyundai bioland, Co. Ltd ECOCERT GREENLIFE
4.1
Rice Bran Wax (100% PPAI) (COSMOS V4.1) Oryza sativa cera 100 % - 0 % - 0 % 0 % The British Wax Refining Company Ltd SOIL ASSOCIATION CERTIFICATION
4.1 The British Wax Refining Company Ltd
RISOCAST MIS* Hydrogenated Castor Oil Isostearate 0 % - 100 % - 0 % 0 % KOKYU ALCOHOL KOGYO CO., LTD. ECOCERT GREENLIFE
  • MOISTURISING 
4.1
RISONOL 20SP / MB Octyldodecanol 0 % - 100 % - 0 % 0 % KOKYU ALCOHOL KOGYO CO., LTD. ECOCERT GREENLIFE
  • MOISTURISING 
  • Sustainable palm
4.1
RISOREX PGIS23 / MB* Polyglyceryl-2 Triisostearate 0 % - 100 % - 0 % 0 % KOKYU ALCOHOL KOGYO CO., LTD. ECOCERT GREENLIFE
  • MOISTURISING 
  • Sustainable palm
4.1
RITUALESSENZ BRAZILIAN MATE Ilex Paraguariensis Leaf Extract (and) Maltodextrin 67.50 % - 32.50 % - 0 % 0 % GIVAUDAN FRANCE SAS ECOCERT GREENLIFE
4.1
RMX Protect Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil (and) Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract 100 % - 0 % - 0 % 0 % Adina Chemicals Ltd ECOCERT GREENLIFE
  • ANTIOXIDANT 
  • Use only in COSMOS NATURAL products
4.1
Rofanol 80/85 V / MB Oleyl Alcohol (and) Cetyl Alcohol 0 % - 100 % - 0 % 0 % Ecogreen Oleochemicals GmbH ECOCERT GREENLIFE
  • MOISTURISING 
  • VISCOSITY CONTROLLING 
  • Sustainable palm
4.1
Rofetan CCC/MB Coco-Caprylate/Caprate 0 % - 100 % - 0 % 0 % Ecogreen Oleochemicals GmbH ECOCERT GREENLIFE
  • MOISTURISING 
  • SKIN CONDITIONING AND PROTECTING 
  • Sustainable palm
4.1
Rofetan DO / MB Decyl Oleate 0.02 % - 99.98 % - 0 % 0 % Ecogreen Oleochemicals GmbH ECOCERT GREENLIFE
  • MOISTURISING 
  • Sustainable palm
4.1
Rofetan GTCC 70/30 / MB Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride 0 % - 100 % - 0 % 0 % Ecogreen Oleochemicals GmbH ECOCERT GREENLIFE
  • EMULSION STABILISING 
  • MOISTURISING 
  • SKIN CONDITIONING AND PROTECTING 
  • SOLVENT 
  • SURFACTANT 
  • Sustainable palm
4.1
Rofetan GTCC / MB Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride 0 % - 100 % - 0 % 0 % Ecogreen Oleochemicals GmbH ECOCERT GREENLIFE
  • EMULSION STABILISING 
  • MOISTURISING 
  • SKIN CONDITIONING AND PROTECTING 
  • SOLVENT 
  • SURFACTANT 
  • Sustainable palm
4.1
Rofetan OE / MB Dicaprylyl Ether 0.02 % - 99.98 % - 0 % 0 % Ecogreen Oleochemicals GmbH ECOCERT GREENLIFE
  • MOISTURISING 
  • SKIN CONDITIONING AND PROTECTING 
  • SOLVENT 
  • Sustainable palm
4.1
ROKAmina K30BA MB Coco-Betaine 0 % - 19.26 % - 16.74 % 0 % PCC EXOL SA ECOCERT GREENLIFE
  • SURFACTANT 
  • Sustainable palm
4.1
Rokamina K30B MB* Coco Betaine 0 % - 19.26 % - 16.74 % 0 % PCC EXOL SA ECOCERT GREENLIFE
  • SURFACTANT 
  • Sustainable palm
4.1
Rokamina K30 MB* Cocamidopropyl Betaine 0 % - 19.26 % - 16.74 % 0 % PCC EXOL SA ECOCERT GREENLIFE
  • SURFACTANT 
  • Sustainable palm
4.1
Rokamina K40HC MB* Cocamidopropyl Betaine 0 % - 23.23 % - 17.67 % 0 % PCC EXOL SA ECOCERT GREENLIFE
  • SURFACTANT 
  • Sustainable palm
4.1
Rokamina K40 MB* Cocamidopropyl Betaine 0 % - 24.61 % - 21.39 % 0 % PCC EXOL SA ECOCERT GREENLIFE
  • SURFACTANT 
  • Sustainable palm
4.1
ROKAmina L30B MB Coco Betaine 0 % - 16.05 % - 13.95 % 0 % PCC EXOL SA ECOCERT GREENLIFE
  • SURFACTANT 
  • Sustainable palm
4.1
Romarin Tunisie Huile Essentielle / Rosemary Oil Tunisia Rosmarinus Officinalis Flower Oil 100 % - 0 % - 0 % 0 % FLORAL CONCEPT ECOCERT GREENLIFE
  • Use only in COSMOS NATURAL products
4.1
RonaCare Balmance Maltodextrin (and) Centaurea Cyanus Flower Extract 20.00 % - 80.00 % - 0 % 0 % SUSONITY Services GmbH ECOCERT GREENLIFE
  • SOOTHING 
4.1
RonaCare® JouvaMer Pelvetia Canaliculata Extract, Water, Benzyl Alcohol, Dehydroacetic Acid 0 % - 3.70 % - 0 % 0.76 % SUSONITY Services GmbH ECOCERT GREENLIFE
  • SKIN CONDITIONING AND PROTECTING 
4.1
RonaCare Magnesium Sulfate Magnesium Sulfate 0 % - 0 % - 0 % 0 % SUSONITY Services GmbH ECOCERT GREENLIFE
4.1
RonaCare Potassium Hydroxide Potassium Hydroxide 0 % - 0 % - 0 % 0 % SUSONITY Services GmbH ECOCERT GREENLIFE
4.1
RonaCare RenouMer Aqua (Water) (and) Polysiphonia Elongata Extract / Algae Extract (and) Sodium Benzoate (and) Citric Acid 18.10 % - 0.25 % - 0 % 0.50 % SUSONITY Services GmbH ECOCERT GREENLIFE
4.1