Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Donkey Milk in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Donkey Milk is a cosmetic ingredient that keeps the skin in good condition. Bravoora reads it as milk. It is not vegan. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 24 products, most often soaps.

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What does Donkey Milk do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Donkey Milk keeps the skin in good condition. The EU’s CosIng database lists this job for it: skin conditioning.

skin conditioning

What is Donkey Milk?

Donkey Milk is the milk obtained from the donkey, Equus asinus.

CosIng reference
56098

Does Donkey Milk come from a food allergen?

Bravoora’s label checker reads Donkey Milk as milk, because the name points to it: a profile that avoids milk gets Not for you on a product with it. Cosmetic labels use INCI names and no food-allergen rule applies to them, so the name is the only clue.

Is Donkey Milk vegan?

No. Donkey Milk is made from milk. It is vegetarian.

VeganNot for youIt is made from milk.
VegetarianFits youNot meat or fish.
Milk allergyNot for youIts name points to milk.

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Which products contain Donkey Milk?

Open Beauty Facts finds Donkey Milk in the ingredient lists of 24 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often soaps, dermatological soaps and shower gels.

  • Soaps12
  • Dermatological soaps3
  • Shower gels3
  • Bath and shower2

Products with it, by country of sale: France 20 · Germany 2 · Portugal 1 · Belgium 1.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Donkey Milk turns up, not how much of the market it is.

Bravoora reads this ingredient for everyone you shop for: an allergy or intolerance, a vegan or vegetarian diet, a calorie or protein goal, and the labels on supplements and skincare too. Build a profile · For dermatologists, dietitians and doctors

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

Contains information from Open Beauty Facts, which is made available here under the Open Database License (ODbL). Read the licence · Download this dictionary’s data · How we check

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