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Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Heptyl Glucoside in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Heptyl Glucoside is a cosmetic ingredient that lets oil and water mix, so the product can wash dirt away. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 12 products, most often hair care.

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What does Heptyl Glucoside do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Heptyl Glucoside lets oil and water mix, so the product can wash dirt away. The EU’s CosIng database lists this job for it: surfactant.

surfactant

What other names and numbers does Heptyl Glucoside have?

CAS number
100231-64-9
EC number
309-364-8
CosIng reference
92141

Which products contain Heptyl Glucoside?

Open Beauty Facts finds Heptyl Glucoside in the ingredient lists of 12 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often hair care and shampoos.

  • Hair care3
  • Shampoos1

Products with it, by country of sale: Germany 4 · Italy 3 · United States 2 · France 1.

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