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Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Glycerides in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Glycerides is a cosmetic ingredient that softens and smooths the skin. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 14 products, most often eye makeup.

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What does Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Glycerides do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Glycerides softens and smooths the skin, keeps the skin in good condition, and makes the product thicker or thinner. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: emollient, skin conditioning and viscosity controlling.

emollientskin conditioningviscosity controlling

What other names and numbers does Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Glycerides have?

CAS number
93334-20-4
EC number
297-094-0
CosIng reference
34373

Which products contain Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Glycerides?

Open Beauty Facts finds Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Glycerides in the ingredient lists of 14 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often eye makeup, sunscreen and eyeliners.

  • Eye makeup4
  • Sunscreen2
  • Eyeliners2
  • Eye pencils1
  • Makeup1

Products with it, by country of sale: France 6 · Italy 5 · Switzerland 1 · Portugal 1.

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

On these listsEmollients

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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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