Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Glucose Oxidase in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Glucose Oxidase is a cosmetic ingredient that keeps the product stable. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 28 products, most often toothpastes.

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What does Glucose Oxidase do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Glucose Oxidase keeps the product stable. The EU’s CosIng database lists this job for it: stabilising.

stabilising

What other names and numbers does Glucose Oxidase have?

CAS number
9001-37-0
EC number
232-601-0
CosIng reference
34014

Which products contain Glucose Oxidase?

Open Beauty Facts finds Glucose Oxidase in the ingredient lists of 28 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often toothpastes and face masks.

  • Toothpastes8
  • Face masks1

Products with it, by country of sale: France 14 · Norway 6 · Netherlands 2 · United States 2.

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