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Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Carnitine in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Carnitine is a cosmetic ingredient that lets oil and water mix, so the product can wash dirt away. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 18 products, most often anti-wrinkle creams.

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What does Carnitine do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Carnitine lets oil and water mix, so the product can wash dirt away, cleans the skin, hair or teeth, and keeps the skin in good condition. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: surfactant, cleansing, skin conditioning, hair conditioning, viscosity controlling, antistatic and foam boosting.

surfactantcleansingskin conditioninghair conditioningviscosity controllingantistaticfoam boosting

What other names and numbers does Carnitine have?

CAS number
541-15-1
EC number
208-768-0
CosIng reference
74832

Which products contain Carnitine?

Open Beauty Facts finds Carnitine in the ingredient lists of 18 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often anti-wrinkle creams, anti-ageing face care and day creams.

  • Anti-wrinkle creams2
  • Anti-ageing face care1
  • Day creams1

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 6 · France 5 · United Kingdom 2 · Saudi Arabia 2.

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

On these listsSurfactants and cleansers

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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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