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C12-13 Alkyl Lactate in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

C12-13 Alkyl Lactate is a cosmetic ingredient that softens and smooths the skin. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 35 products, most often sunscreen.

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What does C12-13 Alkyl Lactate do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, C12-13 Alkyl Lactate softens and smooths the skin, and keeps the skin in good condition. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: emollient and skin conditioning.

emollientskin conditioning

What other names and numbers does C12-13 Alkyl Lactate have?

CosIng reference
74696

Which products contain C12-13 Alkyl Lactate?

Open Beauty Facts finds C12-13 Alkyl Lactate in the ingredient lists of 35 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often sunscreen, deodorants and shampoos.

  • Sunscreen7
  • Deodorants3
  • Shampoos3

Products with it, by country of sale: Sweden 9 · Germany 4 · Italy 4 · France 3.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where C12-13 Alkyl Lactate turns up, not how much of the market it is.

On these listsEmollients

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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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