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C12-15 Alkyl Lactate in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

C12-15 Alkyl Lactate is a cosmetic ingredient that softens and smooths the skin. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 18 products, most often facial creams.

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What does C12-15 Alkyl Lactate do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, C12-15 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 C12-15 Alkyl Lactate have?

CAS number
93925-36-1
EC number
300-338-1
CosIng reference
74637

Which products contain C12-15 Alkyl Lactate?

Open Beauty Facts finds C12-15 Alkyl Lactate in the ingredient lists of 18 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often facial creams, face makeup and cc creams.

  • Facial creams2
  • Face makeup2
  • Cc creams2
  • Face care1

Products with it, by country of sale: France 5 · United States 3 · Netherlands 2 · Morocco 2.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where C12-15 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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