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Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Caprylyl Glycol in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Caprylyl Glycol is a cosmetic ingredient that holds water in the skin or the product. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 1,997 products, most often sunscreen.

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What does Caprylyl Glycol do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Caprylyl Glycol holds water in the skin or the product, softens and smooths the skin, and keeps the skin in good condition. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: humectant, emollient, skin conditioning and hair conditioning.

humectantemollientskin conditioninghair conditioning

What other names and numbers does Caprylyl Glycol have?

CAS number
1117-86-8
EC number
214-254-7
CosIng reference
74860

Which products contain Caprylyl Glycol?

Open Beauty Facts finds Caprylyl Glycol in the ingredient lists of 1,997 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often sunscreen, body care and face makeup.

  • Sunscreen134
  • Body care102
  • Face makeup51

Products with it, by country of sale: France 544 · United States 309 · Germany 241 · Australia 118.

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

On these listsEmollientsHumectants

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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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