Cosmetic ingredient dictionary
Glycine in cosmetics: what it is and what it does
Glycine is a cosmetic ingredient that keeps the skin in good condition. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 296 products, most often shampoos.
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What does Glycine do in a product?
In a cosmetic product, Glycine keeps the skin in good condition, makes hair easier to comb, softer or shinier and reduces static, so hair stays flat. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: skin conditioning, hair conditioning, antistatic and buffering.
What other names and numbers does Glycine have?
- CAS number
- 56-40-6
- EC number
- 200-272-2
- CosIng reference
- 34117
Which products contain Glycine?
Open Beauty Facts finds Glycine in the ingredient lists of 296 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often shampoos, hair care and deodorants.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 61 · Germany 58 · Australia 51 · United States 27.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Glycine 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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