Allow optional cookies?
Essential storage keeps the site working. Optional cookies and tracking support analytics, sampled session replay, error reports and affiliate tools.
Either choice lets you browse. Change it anytime in the footer. Cookie details.
Skip to contentstrong (unreviewed legacy record)Breakout context0/5 · Fulton 1989 (J. Soc. Cosmet. Chem. 40:321); Kligman & Mills 1972; acne.org compiled tables · ingredient-level published ratingAn older, contested scale — not a prediction of breakouts. Record reviewedresearched · 2026-07-31 · Cosmetic Ingredient Review meeting record
Record reviewedresearched · 2026-07-31 Record reviewedresearched · 2026-07-31 · European cosmetic ingredient database
Record reviewedresearched · 2026-07-31 · peer-reviewed safety assessment
Record reviewedresearched · 2026-07-31 · clinical review
Record reviewedresearched · 2026-07-31 Record reviewedresearched · 2026-07-31 · small human study of a three-ingredient carbohydrate complex
Record reviewedresearched · 2026-07-31 · European cosmetic ingredient database
Record reviewedresearched · 2026-07-31 Record reviewedresearched · 2026-07-31 · official catalog snapshot
Record reviewedcosing-catalog-baseline · 2020-12-30 · peer-reviewed study
Record reviewedresearched · 2026-07-31 · European cosmetic ingredient database
Record reviewedresearched · 2026-07-31 · official catalog snapshot
Record reviewedcosing-catalog-baseline · 2020-12-30 · safety assessment
Record reviewedresearched · 2026-07-31 · Cosmetic Ingredient Review safety assessment
Record reviewedresearched · 2026-07-31 · European cosmetic ingredient database
Record reviewedresearched · 2026-07-31 Record reviewedresearched · 2026-07-31 Record reviewedresearched · 2026-07-31 · safety assessment
Record reviewedresearched · 2026-07-31 SourcesRecord reviewedresearched · 2026-07-31 Record reviewedresearched · 2026-07-31 Record reviewedresearched · 2026-07-31 Record reviewedresearched · 2026-07-31 · official catalog snapshot
Record reviewedcosing-catalog-baseline · 2020-12-30 · safety assessment
Record reviewedresearched · 2026-07-31 · reference
Record reviewedresearched · 2026-07-31 Record reviewedresearched · 2026-07-31strong (unreviewed legacy record)
Breakout contextNot yet reviewed Record reviewedresearched · 2026-07-31 · randomized placebo-controlled study
Record reviewedresearched · 2026-07-31 · European cosmetic ingredient database
Record reviewedresearched · 2026-07-31 · European cosmetic ingredient database
Record reviewedresearched · 2026-07-31 An older, contested scale — not a prediction of breakouts.
Record reviewedresearched · 2026-07-31 · Cosmetic Ingredient Review safety assessment
Record reviewedresearched · 2026-07-31 · reference
Record reviewedresearched · 2026-07-31 · scientific literature review
Record reviewedresearched · 2026-07-31 Record reviewedresearched · 2026-07-31 · safety assessment
Record reviewedresearched · 2026-07-31 Record reviewedresearched · 2026-07-31 · Health Canada ingredient database
Record reviewedresearched · 2026-07-31 · review
Record reviewedresearched · 2026-07-31 · peer-reviewed safety assessment record
Record reviewedresearched · 2026-07-31 · clinical review
Record reviewedresearched · 2026-07-31 - Sorbitol · European cosmetic ingredient database
- Sorbitol · US National Library of Medicine chemical database
Record reviewedresearched · 2026-07-31 · European cosmetic ingredient database
Record reviewedresearched · 2026-07-31 Record reviewedresearched · 2026-07-31 · laboratory and small human study
Record reviewedresearched · 2026-07-31 · official catalog snapshot
Record reviewedcosing-catalog-baseline · 2020-12-30 · laboratory and small human study
Record reviewedresearched · 2026-07-31 · European cosmetic ingredient database
Record reviewedresearched · 2026-07-31 Record reviewedresearched · 2026-07-31 Record reviewedresearched · 2026-07-31 · ingredient database
Record reviewedresearched · 2026-07-31 · review
Record reviewedresearched · 2026-07-31 Not yet reviewedRecord reviewedresearched · 2026-07-31