YEAST EXTRACT || Skin Deep® Cosmetics Database

YEAST EXTRACT

Score	Data: Fair
CAS	8013-01-2
facial moisturizer/ treatment (76 products)
anti-aging (68 products)
around-eye cream (20 products)
lip gloss (13 products)
moisturizer (12 products)
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YEAST EXTRACT

Health concerns of ingredient
About the ratings
Cancer	no information
Developmental & reproductive toxicity	no information
Allergies & immunotoxicity	no information
Use restrictions	no information
Contamination concerns: none
Other LOW concerns: Data gaps

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EWG provides information on personal care product ingredients from the published scientific literature, to supplement incomplete data available from companies and the government. The ratings below indicate the relative level of concern posed by exposure to the ingredients in this product - not the product itself - compared to other product formulations. The ratings reflect potential health hazards but do not account for the level of exposure or individual susceptibility, factors which determine actual health risks, if any. Learn more | Legal Disclaimer

Function/use(s): Not Reported; SKIN CONDITIONING

About YEAST EXTRACT: Yeast Extract is an extract of Yeast (q.v.).

Synonym(s): EXTRACT OF YEAST; YEAST, EXT.; YEAST, EXT.

Data gaps
type of concern	product conditions	reference
Not assessed for safety in cosmetics by industry panel
3,894 studies in PubMed science library may include information on the toxicity of this chemical see search results ->		PubMed

Multiple, additive exposure sources
type of concern	product conditions	reference
Designated as safe for general or specific, limited use in food		FDA Everything Added to Food
Designated as safe for general or specific, limited use in food		FDA Food Additive Status

Government, industry, academic studies and classifications
government/industry list/academic study	appears on list as	classification(s)
FDA Food Additive Status	YEAST EXTRACT	• FL/ADJ • GRAS • < 5% in food • See Specs - CFR184.1983
FDA Everything Added to Food	BAKERS YEAST EXTRACT	• ASP

Other RTECS® classifications [shown for informational purposes only]
government/industry list/academic study	appears on list as	classification(s)
RTECS^®- Toho Igakkai Zasshi 1976	YEAST EXTRACT	• brain, nervous system, or behavioral effect - Convulsions or effect on seizure threshold (rat LD50) • respiratory - Dyspnea (rat LD50) • sense organ - Mydriasis (pupillary dilation) (rat LD50)

references
government/industry list/academic study	reference
FDA Food Additive Status	FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration) 2006. Food Additive Status List. Downloaded from http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/%7Edms/opa-appa.html, Oct 16, 2006.
FDA Everything Added to Food	FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration). 2008. EAFUS [Everything Added to Food]: A Food Additive Database. FDA Office of Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.
RTECS^®- Toho Igakkai Zasshi 1976 [shown for informational purposes only]	RTECS^®- Toho Igakkai Zasshi. Journal of Medical Society of Toho University. (Toho Daigaku Igakkai, 21-16, Omori-nishi, 5-chome, Ota-ku, Tokyo 143, Japan) V.1- 1954- 23,295,1976