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Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Dextran in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Dextran is a cosmetic ingredient that makes the product thicker or thinner. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 10 products, most often serums.

By Bravoora teamUpdated Sources checked 2 sourcesHow we check

What does Dextran do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Dextran makes the product thicker or thinner and holds a powder or a pressed product together. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: viscosity controlling and binding.

viscosity controllingbinding

What other names and numbers does Dextran have?

CAS number
9004-54-0
EC number
232-677-5
CosIng reference
33196

Which products contain Dextran?

Open Beauty Facts finds Dextran in the ingredient lists of 10 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often serums, facial creams and day creams.

  • Serums3
  • Facial creams2
  • Day creams1
  • Sunscreen1

Products with it, by country of sale: United Kingdom 3 · France 2 · United States 2 · Canada 1.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Dextran 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’.

  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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