Ingredient profile
vitamin A acetate
Raters disagreeCAS 127-47-9
Catalogued by CosIng (a real cosmetic ingredient with a CAS number); none of our lists flag it. Also written as Vitamin A Acetate, VITAMIN A ACETATE.
Raters don't agree. Here's where each one stands
Safe
—
Caution
Greenlens Ingredient Scan
Independent
Greenlens Tolerance Screen
Independent
Health Canada Ingredient Hotlist
Government
Concern
Greenlens Precautionary Screen
Independent
California Proposition 65
Government
Where each list lands
Funding shown- Caution
Greenlens Ingredient Scan
Independent
EU now caps retinol in leave-on products (0.3%); irritation and photosensitivity. (EU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III (restricted))
- Concern
Greenlens Precautionary Screen
Independent
Listed over photocarcinogenicity concern in sun-exposed use. (California Proposition 65 list)
- Caution
Greenlens Tolerance Screen
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
- Carcinogen-linked
- Prop 65-listed
- EU-restricted (with limits)
- Health Canada Hotlist — restricted
