Frequently Asked Questions

CosIng is EU's official database for cosmetic ingredients. It has not only included cosmetic ingredients listed in previous inventory of cosmetic ingredients. You can quickly find one ingredient's INCI name or CAS number. Different countries follow different databases. For Europe and UK, EU Cosing database is being used.

Cosing Database also included the latest list of banned/restricted cosmetic ingredients in EU. This also provides list of Colourants, Preservatives, UV Filters and SCCS Opinions.

Yes, we update our database everyday midnight, keeping in sync of any EU cosmetic regulation changes within 24 hours.

Yes, Our portal is designed for both organisations and individual responsible persons to handle their client files and retain them for at least the minimum retention period.

Yes, we also provide Ingredients based subscription allowing clients to enjoy already analysed ingredients at cheaper costs than any new ingredients that require more analysis. Please contact sales for more details.

Yes. All our data are backed up over night and can be restored in case of contingencies.

We are working on it. We already have Canada cosmetic ingredient database for Prohibited and Restricted items. But we are not fully compliant. Please check for correct Country databases.

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We are utilizing Microsoft Azure Cloud infrastructure with 99.9% up time under our SLA (Service Level Agreement). We will offer the same to our clients.