Cosmetic ingredient dictionary
Snail Secretion Filtrate in cosmetics: what it is and what it does
Snail Secretion Filtrate is a cosmetic ingredient that keeps the skin in good condition. Bravoora reads it as molluscs. It is not vegan: it comes from snails. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 16 products, most often face care.
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What does Snail Secretion Filtrate do in a product?
In a cosmetic product, Snail Secretion Filtrate keeps the skin in good condition. The EU’s CosIng database lists this job for it: skin conditioning.
What is Snail Secretion Filtrate?
Snail Secretion Filtrate is the product obtained from the filtered secretion of one or more species of snails.
- CosIng reference
- 58704
Does Snail Secretion Filtrate come from a food allergen?
Bravoora’s label checker reads Snail Secretion Filtrate as molluscs, because the name points to it: a profile that avoids molluscs gets Not for you on a product with it. Cosmetic labels use INCI names and no food-allergen rule applies to them, so the name is the only clue.
Is Snail Secretion Filtrate vegan?
No. Snail Secretion Filtrate is made by snails. Whether a vegetarian counts it depends on how it was collected, and a label does not say.
Which products contain Snail Secretion Filtrate?
Open Beauty Facts finds Snail Secretion Filtrate in the ingredient lists of 16 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often face care, face masks and skincare.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 3 · Spain 2 · United States 2 · Turkey 2.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Snail Secretion Filtrate turns up, not how much of the market it is.
Bravoora reads this ingredient for everyone you shop for: an allergy or intolerance, a vegan or vegetarian diet, a calorie or protein goal, and the labels on supplements and skincare too. Build a profile · For dermatologists, dietitians and doctors
Sources
The job, the description and the EU annex entry are CosIng’s; the fragrance allergens are the EU Annex III names Bravoora’s label checker reads; the product counts are Open Beauty Facts’.
- European Commission: CosIng cosmetic ingredient database (functions, description, EU annex entry)
- Open Beauty Facts: product database, 77,506 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
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