Cosmetic ingredient dictionary
Hydroxypalmitoyl Sphinganine in cosmetics: what it is and what it does
Hydroxypalmitoyl Sphinganine is a cosmetic ingredient that keeps the skin in good condition. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 12 products, most often facial creams.
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What does Hydroxypalmitoyl Sphinganine do in a product?
In a cosmetic product, Hydroxypalmitoyl Sphinganine keeps the skin in good condition and makes hair easier to comb, softer or shinier. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: skin conditioning and hair conditioning.
What other names and numbers does Hydroxypalmitoyl Sphinganine have?
- CosIng reference
- 56819
Which products contain Hydroxypalmitoyl Sphinganine?
Open Beauty Facts finds Hydroxypalmitoyl Sphinganine in the ingredient lists of 12 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often facial creams and face care.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 3 · Belgium 2 · United States 2 · Norway 2.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Hydroxypalmitoyl Sphinganine 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’.
- European Commission: CosIng cosmetic ingredient database (functions, description, EU annex entry)
- Open Beauty Facts: product database, 77,506 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
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