{"id":43699,"date":"2025-12-03T14:49:58","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T13:49:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beautydecoded.com\/ingredient\/peg-800\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T14:49:58","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T13:49:58","slug":"peg-800","status":"publish","type":"ingredient","link":"https:\/\/www.beautydecoded.com\/en\/ingredient\/peg-800\/","title":{"rendered":"PEG-800"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ingredient type:<\/strong>HUMECTANT\/TEXTURE<\/p>\n<p>\u2728 Role: PEG-800 is used in cosmetics primarily as a thickening and stabilizing agent in formulations. It helps improve product texture and facilitates the even distribution of active ingredients on the skin.<\/p>\n<p>  Ingredient type: Water-soluble<\/p>\n<p> \u200d\u2695\ufe0f Safety: Yes, PEG-800 is generally considered safe for topical use, although it is always important to check the full product formulation to assess individual tolerance.<\/p>\n<p>\u2728 Vegan: Yes, PEG-800 is generally of synthetic origin and is therefore considered vegan.<\/p>\n<p>\u2728 Worth knowing: PEGs can potentially be contaminated with impurities such as 1,4-dioxane, a by-product of their manufacture. It is therefore important to check the integrity of the purification processes used in the final product.<\/p>\n<p>  Present in: moisturizers, lotions, facial cleansers and certain hair care products.<\/p>\n<p><strong>comedogenic index:\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-43699","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\/43699","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=43699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}