Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Benzotriazolyl Dodecyl P-Cresol in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Benzotriazolyl Dodecyl P-Cresol is a cosmetic ingredient that protects the product from UV light. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 45 products, most often bath and shower.

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What does Benzotriazolyl Dodecyl P-Cresol do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Benzotriazolyl Dodecyl P-Cresol protects the product from UV light. The EU’s CosIng database lists this job for it: UV absorber.

UV absorber

What other names and numbers does Benzotriazolyl Dodecyl P-Cresol have?

CAS number
125304-04-3
CosIng reference
54653

Which products contain Benzotriazolyl Dodecyl P-Cresol?

Open Beauty Facts finds Benzotriazolyl Dodecyl P-Cresol in the ingredient lists of 45 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often bath and shower, shower gels and shampoos.

  • Bath and shower9
  • Shower gels9
  • Shampoos7
  • Hair care5
  • Makeup3
  • Hair gels2

Products with it, by country of sale: France 21 · Türkiye 6 · Turkey 6 · United Kingdom 4.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Benzotriazolyl Dodecyl P-Cresol 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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