Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Ferulic Acid in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Ferulic Acid is a cosmetic ingredient that slows the growth of microbes on the skin. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 11 products, most often skincare.

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What does Ferulic Acid do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Ferulic Acid slows the growth of microbes on the skin. The EU’s CosIng database lists this job for it: antimicrobial.

antimicrobial

What other names and numbers does Ferulic Acid have?

CAS number
1135-24-6
EC number
214-490-0
CosIng reference
33935

Which products contain Ferulic Acid?

Open Beauty Facts finds Ferulic Acid in the ingredient lists of 11 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often skincare, eye creams and facial creams.

  • Skincare2
  • Eye creams1
  • Facial creams1

Products with it, by country of sale: Brazil 2 · United States 2 · Germany 2 · United Kingdom 2.

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