Cosmetic ingredient dictionary
Isobutane in cosmetics: what it is and what it does
Isobutane is a cosmetic ingredient that pushes the product out of an aerosol. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 761 products, most often deodorants.
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What does Isobutane do in a product?
In a cosmetic product, Isobutane pushes the product out of an aerosol. The EU’s CosIng database lists this job for it: propellant.
What other names and numbers does Isobutane have?
- CAS number
- 75-28-5
- EC number
- 200-857-2
- CosIng reference
- 76816
Which products contain Isobutane?
Open Beauty Facts finds Isobutane in the ingredient lists of 761 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often deodorants, shaving and anti-perspirants.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 330 · Germany 114 · Australia 91 · United States 48.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Isobutane 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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