Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Acetyl Tributyl Citrate in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Acetyl Tributyl Citrate is a cosmetic ingredient that adds scent. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 121 products, most often nail polishes.

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What does Acetyl Tributyl Citrate do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Acetyl Tributyl Citrate adds scent, hides an unwanted smell or taste and keeps a film flexible. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: perfuming, masking and plasticiser.

perfumingmaskingplasticiser

What other names and numbers does Acetyl Tributyl Citrate have?

CAS number
77-90-7
EC number
201-067-0
CosIng reference
73988

Which products contain Acetyl Tributyl Citrate?

Open Beauty Facts finds Acetyl Tributyl Citrate in the ingredient lists of 121 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often nail polishes, breathable nail polishes and nail makeup.

  • Nail polishes60
  • Breathable nail polishes49
  • Nail makeup33
  • Makeup15

Products with it, by country of sale: Turkey 65 · France 21 · Türkiye 16 · Germany 12.

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