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Bis-Ethylhexyloxyphenol Methoxyphenyl Triazine in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Bis-Ethylhexyloxyphenol Methoxyphenyl Triazine is a cosmetic ingredient that filters UV light to protect the skin. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 359 products, most often sunscreen.

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What does Bis-Ethylhexyloxyphenol Methoxyphenyl Triazine do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Bis-Ethylhexyloxyphenol Methoxyphenyl Triazine filters UV light to protect the skin, makes hair easier to comb, softer or shinier and protects the product from light. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: UV filter, hair conditioning, light stabilizer and UV absorber.

UV filterhair conditioninglight stabilizerUV absorber

What is Bis-Ethylhexyloxyphenol Methoxyphenyl Triazine?

Bis-Ethylhexyloxyphenol Methoxyphenyl Triazine is the heterocyclic compound that conforms to the formula:.

CAS number
187393-00-6
CosIng reference
74502

Which products contain Bis-Ethylhexyloxyphenol Methoxyphenyl Triazine?

Open Beauty Facts finds Bis-Ethylhexyloxyphenol Methoxyphenyl Triazine in the ingredient lists of 359 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often sunscreen and skincare.

  • Sunscreen147
  • Skincare10

Products with it, by country of sale: France 114 · Germany 63 · Norway 23 · Sweden 20.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Bis-Ethylhexyloxyphenol Methoxyphenyl Triazine turns up, not how much of the market it is.

On these listsUV filters

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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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