Cosmetic ingredient dictionary
Cetyl Palmitate in cosmetics: what it is and what it does
Cetyl Palmitate is a cosmetic ingredient that softens and smooths the skin. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 236 products, most often sunscreen.
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What does Cetyl Palmitate do in a product?
In a cosmetic product, Cetyl Palmitate softens and smooths the skin, keeps the skin in good condition, and hides an unwanted smell or taste. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: emollient, skin conditioning and masking.
What other names and numbers does Cetyl Palmitate have?
- CAS number
- 540-10-3
- EC number
- 208-736-6
- CosIng reference
- 74965
Which products contain Cetyl Palmitate?
Open Beauty Facts finds Cetyl Palmitate in the ingredient lists of 236 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often sunscreen, lip balms and body care.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 53 · Norway 25 · Germany 20 · Turkey 17.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Cetyl Palmitate turns up, not how much of the market it is.
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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’.
- European Commission: CosIng cosmetic ingredient database (functions, description, EU annex entry)
- Open Beauty Facts: product database, 77,506 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
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