Maltitol: CIR Safety Assessment Summary
CIR safety assessment summary for Maltitol: ingredients reviewed, panel verdict, use concentration context, conditions, and source citation.
Maltitol appears in a CIR safety assessment covering Maltitol, Maltitol Laurate. The panel verdict for the report is Safe as cosmetic ingredients. The CIR Expert Panel concluded that Maltitol and Maltitol Laurate are safe as cosmetic ingredients in the practices of use and concentration as described in this safety assessment.
| Field | CIR value |
|---|---|
| Primary ingredient | Maltitol |
| CIR verdict | Safe as cosmetic ingredients |
| Report type | Final Safety Assessment |
| Date | September 23, 2008 |
| CAS numbers | 585-88-6, 75765-49-0 |
| Conditions or carve-outs |
Ingredients Reviewed
The review scope matters because CIR conclusions often apply to an ingredient family rather than a single INCI name. In this report, the ingredient list includes Maltitol, Maltitol Laurate.
Safety Conclusion
The conclusion for Maltitol should be read as a CIR panel conclusion, not a regulatory limit. CIR assessments summarize expert-panel safety determinations for cosmetic use, while legal status still depends on the jurisdiction and product category.
Conditions
The CIR Expert Panel concluded that Maltitol and Maltitol Laurate are safe as cosmetic ingredients in the practices of use and concentration as described in this safety assessment.
Formulation Reading
For formula review, begin with the exact INCI identity and the ingredient group covered by the CIR assessment. If the material is Maltitol, the relevant comparison is whether the intended use aligns with the practices, concentration ranges, and conditions described in the CIR source.
The ingredient hub at Maltitol should carry the substance-level profile. This page is the report-level summary, keeping the conclusion, ingredient scope, and use-context language attached to the CIR source rather than treating the conclusion as a universal permission.
Why This Page Exists
CIR reviews are long documents, and the practical answer is usually buried in the conclusion and the table of current practices. This summary keeps those CIR facts in one indexable page for Maltitol, with source details retained at the bottom for audit.
Review Notes
The conservative reading is to keep Maltitol tied to the exact CIR report listed below. The ingredient family, panel conclusion, date, and any use-condition language belong together. A shorter ingredient-page snippet would lose that context.
This page gives the search-level answer while preserving the source-level caveat: CIR safety language is a panel assessment for cosmetic practices of use, not a universal legal permission across every jurisdiction or product category.
Source
- CIR report: Final Report of the Cosmetic Ingredient Review Expert Panel - Maltitol and Maltitol Laurate
- CIR source file: FR465.pdf
- Extraction JSON: Source documentation archived.
- Conclusion page in CIR extraction: 9