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Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Acetyl Glucosamine in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Acetyl Glucosamine is a cosmetic ingredient that keeps the skin in good condition. It can be made from crustaceans. Whether it is vegan depends on the make. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 11 products, most often face care.

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What does Acetyl Glucosamine do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Acetyl Glucosamine keeps the skin in good condition. The EU’s CosIng database lists this job for it: skin conditioning.

skin conditioning

What other names and numbers does Acetyl Glucosamine have?

CAS number
10036-64-3
EC number
233-115-1
CosIng reference
31576

Does Acetyl Glucosamine come from a food allergen?

It can. Acetyl Glucosamine can be made from crustaceans or another way, and a label rarely says which, so a profile that avoids crustaceans gets Heads up. Cosmetic labels use INCI names and no food-allergen rule applies to them, so the name is the only clue.

Is Acetyl Glucosamine vegan?

It depends on the make. Acetyl Glucosamine can be made from shellfish or another way, and a label rarely says which, so a vegan profile gets Heads up.

VeganHeads upIt can be made from shellfish or another way, and a label rarely says which.
VegetarianHeads upIt can be made from an animal source, and a label rarely says which.
Shellfish allergyHeads upIt can be made from crustaceans.

Read the crustaceans and molluscs guide

Which products contain Acetyl Glucosamine?

Open Beauty Facts finds Acetyl Glucosamine in the ingredient lists of 11 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often face care, facial creams and serums.

  • Face care1
  • Facial creams1
  • Serums1

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 3 · Netherlands 1 · Hong Kong 1 · Australia 1.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Acetyl Glucosamine 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’.

  1. European Commission: CosIng cosmetic ingredient database (functions, description, EU annex entry)
  2. Open Beauty Facts: product database, 77,506 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL

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