Cosmetic ingredient dictionary
Dimethyl Glutarate in cosmetics: what it is and what it does
Dimethyl Glutarate is a cosmetic ingredient that softens and smooths the skin. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 5 products, most often cleansers.
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What does Dimethyl Glutarate do in a product?
In a cosmetic product, Dimethyl Glutarate softens and smooths the skin, dissolves other ingredients, and reduces static, so hair stays flat. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: emollient, solvent and antistatic.
What other names and numbers does Dimethyl Glutarate have?
- CAS number
- 1119-40-0
- EC number
- 214-277-2, 906-170-0
- CosIng reference
- 33467
Which products contain Dimethyl Glutarate?
Open Beauty Facts finds Dimethyl Glutarate in the ingredient lists of 5 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often cleansers and nail polish removers.
Products with it, by country of sale: United States 2 · France 1 · United Kingdom 1 · Australia 1.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Dimethyl Glutarate 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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