Ingredient profile
Provitamin A
Raters disagreeCAS 11103-57-4
Catalogued by CosIng (a real cosmetic ingredient with a CAS number); none of our lists flag it.
Raters don't agree. Here's where each one stands
Safe
Greenlens Ingredient Scan
Independent
Greenlens Precautionary Screen
Independent
Greenlens Tolerance Screen
Independent
Caution
Health Canada Ingredient Hotlist
Government
Concern
California Proposition 65
Government
Where each list lands
Funding shown- Caution
Health Canada Ingredient Hotlist
Government
Vitamin A and its esters are restricted to maximum total retinol-equivalent limits by product type. (Health Canada Cosmetic Ingredient Hotlist)
- Concern
California Proposition 65
Government
Retinol and its esters (Vitamin A) are listed for developmental toxicity at high daily doses — a caution weighed especially in pregnancy. (California Proposition 65 (OEHHA))
- Safe
Also screened — not on these lists
- US NTP Report on Carcinogens
- IARC Monographs
- ANSES Endocrine Disruptors
- EU Microplastics Restriction
- EU Harmonised Classification (CLP Annex VI)
Where regulators stand
Shown side by side, never combinedEach jurisdiction is reported on its own terms, from its own official lists. Where they disagree, that disagreement is the finding. Absence from a list is never a safety claim.
European Union
RestrictedAllowed only under stated conditions or limits.
- European Commission · EU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III (restricted)EU now caps retinol in leave-on products (0.3%); irritation and photosensitivity.
Canada
RestrictedAllowed only under stated conditions or limits.
- Health Canada · Health Canada Cosmetic Ingredient HotlistVitamin A and its esters are restricted to maximum total retinol-equivalent limits by product type.
California
Listed
Notes
- Prop 65-listed
- Health Canada Hotlist — restricted
