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Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

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

Hyaluronic Acid is a cosmetic ingredient that holds water in the skin or the product. Whether it is vegan depends on the make. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 130 products, most often skincare.

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What does Hyaluronic Acid do in a product?

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

humectantmoisturisingskin conditioningantistatic

What other names and numbers does Hyaluronic Acid have?

CAS number
9004-61-9
EC number
232-678-0
CosIng reference
34315

Is Hyaluronic Acid vegan?

It depends on the make. Hyaluronic Acid can be made from plants or from animals, and a label rarely says which, so a vegan profile gets Heads up.

VeganHeads upIt can be made from plants or from animals, and a label rarely says which.
VegetarianHeads upIt can be made from an animal source, and a label rarely says which.

Which products contain Hyaluronic Acid?

Open Beauty Facts finds Hyaluronic Acid in the ingredient lists of 130 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often skincare, sunscreen and face care.

  • Skincare13
  • Sunscreen9
  • Face care7

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 26 · Turkey 19 · Germany 18 · Australia 14.

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