Cosmetic ingredient dictionary
3-O-Ethyl Ascorbic Acid in cosmetics: what it is and what it does
3-O-Ethyl Ascorbic Acid is a cosmetic ingredient that keeps the skin in good condition. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 28 products, most often face care.
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What does 3-O-Ethyl Ascorbic Acid do in a product?
In a cosmetic product, 3-O-Ethyl Ascorbic Acid keeps the skin in good condition. The EU’s CosIng database lists this job for it: skin conditioning.
What other names and numbers does 3-O-Ethyl Ascorbic Acid have?
- CAS number
- 86404-04-8
- CosIng reference
- 84672
Which products contain 3-O-Ethyl Ascorbic Acid?
Open Beauty Facts finds 3-O-Ethyl Ascorbic Acid in the ingredient lists of 28 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often face care, facial creams and face masks.
Products with it, by country of sale: Germany 7 · Australia 5 · Canada 3 · United States 3.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where 3-O-Ethyl Ascorbic Acid turns up, not how much of the market it is.
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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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