Carbomer: version 1

Saved 2026-09-17 09:08 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by discover: Added **product/08717163476789 — Dove Body Love Rich Nourishment Cream 150 ml**, taken from the wanted queue (old-site title "dove", 2007 capture). **Identity.** Dove (brand/dove, existing) rich face. This is the current version.

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# Carbomer <!--ingredient-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Carbomer
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## References <!--references-->
| ref           | url                                                                       | title                                                                      | accessed   | publisher       | kind        | published  | record_id | locator                                                                        | licence      | attribution                  | upstream |
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| wiki-carbomer | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyacrylic_acid                            | Wikipedia: Polyacrylic acid                                                | 2026-09-17 | Wikipedia       | publication |            |           |                                                                                | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Wikipedia contributors       |          |
| off-base      | https://images.openbeautyfacts.org/images/products/871/716/347/6789/2.jpg | Open Beauty Facts photograph: base of the 150 ml tub (upload 2, 2604x4624) | 2026-09-17 | Open Food Facts | pack        | 2026-04-27 |           | Base of the tub: ingredient list, barcode, net content, operator line, symbols | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Open Food Facts contributors |          |
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## About <!--about-->
Carbomer is the label name of poly(acrylic acid), a polymer of acrylic acid that in water at neutral pH loses protons from its side chains and becomes an anionic polyelectrolyte, able to take up water and swell to many times its volume; that is what makes it a thickener.[^wiki-carbomer] It is printed as "Carbomer" on the base of Dove Body Love Rich Nourishment Cream.[^off-base]
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