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Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Cocamidopropyl Betaine in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Cocamidopropyl Betaine is a cosmetic ingredient that lets oil and water mix, so the product can wash dirt away. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 3,624 products, most often shampoos.

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What does Cocamidopropyl Betaine do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Cocamidopropyl Betaine lets oil and water mix, so the product can wash dirt away, cleans the skin, hair or teeth, and makes hair easier to comb, softer or shinier. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: surfactant, cleansing, hair conditioning, viscosity controlling, antistatic and foam boosting.

surfactantcleansinghair conditioningviscosity controllingantistaticfoam boosting

What other names and numbers does Cocamidopropyl Betaine have?

CAS number
61789-40-0
EC number
263-058-8, 931-296-8
CosIng reference
75231

Which products contain Cocamidopropyl Betaine?

Open Beauty Facts finds Cocamidopropyl Betaine in the ingredient lists of 3,624 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often shampoos, shower gels and bath and shower.

  • Shampoos540
  • Shower gels425
  • Bath and shower408
  • Hair care307

Products with it, by country of sale: France 1,211 · Germany 458 · United States 392 · Australia 266.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Cocamidopropyl Betaine 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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