Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Ammonium Acetate in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Ammonium Acetate is a cosmetic ingredient that keeps the product's acidity steady. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 7 products.

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What does Ammonium Acetate do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Ammonium Acetate keeps the product's acidity steady. The EU’s CosIng database lists this job for it: buffering.

buffering

What other names and numbers does Ammonium Acetate have?

CAS number
631-61-8
EC number
211-162-9
CosIng reference
31840

Which products contain Ammonium Acetate?

Open Beauty Facts finds Ammonium Acetate in the ingredient lists of 7 of the 22,021 products it has a list for.

Products with it, by country of sale: Norway 6 · United States 1.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Ammonium Acetate 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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