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Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Glycogen in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Glycogen is a cosmetic ingredient that holds water in the skin or the product. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 10 products, most often serums.

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What does Glycogen do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Glycogen holds water in the skin or the product and keeps the skin in good condition. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: humectant and skin conditioning.

humectantskin conditioning

What other names and numbers does Glycogen have?

CAS number
9005-79-2
EC number
232-683-8
CosIng reference
34127

Which products contain Glycogen?

Open Beauty Facts finds Glycogen in the ingredient lists of 10 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often serums, shampoos and shampoos for oily hair.

  • Serums2
  • Shampoos1
  • Shampoos for oily hair1
  • Face care1
  • Facial creams1

Products with it, by country of sale: France 2 · United States 2 · United Kingdom 2 · Poland 1.

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

On these listsHumectants

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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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