Ingredients
Solvent or base

Propanediol

Fine Official INCI name

A plant-derived glycol that dissolves other ingredients and adds a little moisture. Rarely irritating.

What it does

Solvent or base. Dissolves and carries the other ingredients (water, alcohols, glycols).

Also written as

Scans recognise it under every one of these names.

1,3-Propanediol

“Propanediol” is its name in the EU glossary of common ingredient names (no. 23262), the names labels in the EU must use. © European Union, EUR-Lex.