{"id":45053,"date":"2025-12-03T15:03:25","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T14:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beautydecoded.com\/ingredient\/peg-160m\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T15:03:25","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T14:03:25","slug":"peg-160m","status":"publish","type":"ingredient","link":"https:\/\/www.beautydecoded.com\/en\/ingredient\/peg-160m\/","title":{"rendered":"PEG-160M"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ingredient type:<\/strong>EMULSIFIER\/TEXTURE<\/p>\n<p>\u2728 Role: PEG-160M is used in cosmetic products as a thickener and formula stabilizer. It helps improve product texture and control viscosity, offering a smoother, more pleasant application.<\/p>\n<p>  Ingredient type: Emulsifier<\/p>\n<p> \u200d\u2695\ufe0f Safety: Generally considered safe. However, safety depends on its purity and the absence of contaminants such as ethylene oxide and 1,4-dioxane, which may be present as impurities in PEGs.<\/p>\n<p>\u2728 Vegan: Yes, generally, as it is derived from synthetic or vegetable sources.<\/p>\n<p>\u2728 Please note: PEGs, including PEG-160M, could potentially affect the skin barrier, especially on damaged skin. It's important to check the quality of product purification to minimize the risk of contamination.<\/p>\n<p>  Present in: Moisturizers, lotions, hair gels, face masks.<\/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-45053","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\/45053","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=45053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}