Urea was actually a natural moisturizing factor urea, some expensive cosmetics special logo confused many people.

Reporters visited the provincial capital a number of cosmetic stores and shopping malls found that only explains the "Urea" is urea, most marked "natural moisturizing factor" on a small number of cosmetic labels. Urea-containing moisturizer in cosmetics, the packaging is marked with Urea, sales staff explained: "Urea is a natural moisturizing ingredients, can improve the body resistance to drying capacity, suitable for dry skin." Reporter found that many valuable cosmetic ingredient labeling on the packaging are in English. Quality supervision department officials say the so-called urea Urea is the English name.

In cosmetics, urea is generally used for hand cream, facial cosmetics rarely add urea. Cosmetics urea and urea fertilizers is the same substance, but extraction methods, cosmetics extract more detailed. However, although the addition of urea in cosmetics is a normal phenomenon, but there is a problem related to identity is unclear. According to reports, the state whether imported or domestic cosmetics are not only marked in English, must be affixed Chinese identity. Moreover, the Ministry of Health and food safety have introduced cosmetic labeling regulations, require the labels do not contain misleading or likely to cause consumer confusion product name, violations will be punished accordingly.