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Buyers' Guide - Ingredient Suppliers

Buyers' Guide Query Help

Here are some useful hints on how to effectively search the International Buyers' Guide.
  • You may search on INCI, Technical, Trade and Mixture names, and CAS numbers.
  • Searches are not case sensitive.
  • If you do not know the entire name, you can enter a partial name and then click on the "Search" button.
  • Searches are not case sensitive.
  • The " " is used when looking for an exact match. Do not use " " when searching for CAS numbers.
  • The '_' symbol is the single character wild card character.
  • More than three characters must be entered to search on.
  • For names with special characters, please use the following mappings:
  • \a = Alpha
  • \b = Beta
  • \d = Delta
  • \e = Epsilon
  • \c = Gamma
  • \g = Gamma
  • \k = Kappa
  • \u or \m = Mu
  • \w = Omega
  • \y = Psi
  • \o or \q = Theta