{"id":36383,"date":"2025-12-03T12:58:55","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T11:58:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beautydecoded.com\/ingredient\/chloroacetic-acid\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T12:58:55","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T11:58:55","slug":"chloroacetic-acid","status":"publish","type":"ingredient","link":"https:\/\/www.beautydecoded.com\/en\/ingredient\/chloroacetic-acid\/","title":{"rendered":"Chloroacetic acid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ingredient type: \u00a0<\/strong>HUMECTANT\/WATER-SOLUBLE<\/p>\n<p>\u2728 Role: Chloroacetic acid is used mainly as a pH adjuster and sometimes also as a preservative. It maintains the pH of a product at an optimum level for formula stability and the efficacy of other active ingredients.<\/p>\n<p>  Ingredient type: Water-soluble<\/p>\n<p> \u200d\u2695\ufe0f Safety: Used at very low concentrations, this ingredient is generally safe in cosmetic products. However, it can be irritating at higher concentrations.<\/p>\n<p>\u2728 Vegan: Yes, this ingredient is synthetic and suitable for vegan formulations.<\/p>\n<p>\u2728 Please note: Chloroacetic acid is a potentially irritating ingredient and is used with caution in cosmetic formulations. It is important to respect the maximum concentrations recommended by cosmetic regulations.<\/p>\n<p>  Found in: Rarely used in finished cosmetics, but can be found in some hair care and skin care products as a pH adjuster.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Comedogenic rating:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":""},"class_list":["post-36383","ingredient","type-ingredient","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":[],"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":[],"comment_info":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beautydecoded.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ingredient\/36383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beautydecoded.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ingredient"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beautydecoded.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ingredient"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beautydecoded.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}