Cosmetic ingredient dictionary
Diethylhexyl Butamido Triazone in cosmetics: what it is and what it does
Diethylhexyl Butamido Triazone is a cosmetic ingredient that filters UV light to protect the skin. The EU lists it as an allowed UV filter, with a maximum amount. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 112 products, most often sunscreen.
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What does Diethylhexyl Butamido Triazone do in a product?
In a cosmetic product, Diethylhexyl Butamido Triazone filters UV light to protect the skin and protects the product from UV light. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: UV filter and UV absorber.
What other names and numbers does Diethylhexyl Butamido Triazone have?
- CAS number
- 154702-15-5
- CosIng reference
- 33301
Is Diethylhexyl Butamido Triazone restricted in the EU?
It is allowed, on a list with limits. The EU lists it as an allowed UV filter, with a maximum amount (Annex VI of Regulation 1223/2009, entry 17).
The annex entry sets the exact limits, the products it may be used in and any warning the label must carry.
Which products contain Diethylhexyl Butamido Triazone?
Open Beauty Facts finds Diethylhexyl Butamido Triazone in the ingredient lists of 112 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often sunscreen.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 41 · Germany 22 · Norway 11 · Italy 9.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Diethylhexyl Butamido Triazone 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
- EU Regulation 1223/2009 on cosmetic products (the annexes)
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