Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Hydrolyzed Sclerotium Gum in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Hydrolyzed Sclerotium Gum is a cosmetic ingredient that holds water in the skin or the product. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 10 products, most often face care.

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What does Hydrolyzed Sclerotium Gum do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Hydrolyzed Sclerotium Gum holds water in the skin or the product, leaves a thin film on skin, hair or nails and protects the skin from outside harm. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: humectant, film forming and skin protecting.

humectantfilm formingskin protecting

What is Hydrolyzed Sclerotium Gum?

Hydrolyzed Sclerotium Gum is the hydrolysate of Sclerotium Gum derived by acid, enzyme or other method of hydrolysis.

CosIng reference
83186

Which products contain Hydrolyzed Sclerotium Gum?

Open Beauty Facts finds Hydrolyzed Sclerotium Gum in the ingredient lists of 10 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often face care, face masks and body care.

  • Face care2
  • Face masks2
  • Body care1
  • Serums1

Products with it, by country of sale: Germany 5 · France 2 · Hungary 1 · United Kingdom 1.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Hydrolyzed Sclerotium Gum 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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