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Lauroyl/Myristoyl Methyl Glucamide in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Lauroyl/Myristoyl Methyl Glucamide is a cosmetic ingredient that softens and smooths the skin. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 10 products, most often shampoos.

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What does Lauroyl/Myristoyl Methyl Glucamide do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Lauroyl/Myristoyl Methyl Glucamide softens and smooths the skin, lets oil and water mix, so the product can wash dirt away, and keeps the skin in good condition. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: emollient, surfactant, skin conditioning, hair conditioning and viscosity controlling.

emollientsurfactantskin conditioninghair conditioningviscosity controlling

What other names and numbers does Lauroyl/Myristoyl Methyl Glucamide have?

CAS number
287735-50-6
EC number
407-290-1
CosIng reference
93719

Which products contain Lauroyl/Myristoyl Methyl Glucamide?

Open Beauty Facts finds Lauroyl/Myristoyl Methyl Glucamide in the ingredient lists of 10 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often shampoos and hair care.

  • Shampoos3
  • Hair care1

Products with it, by country of sale: France 2 · Spain 2 · India 2 · United States 1.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Lauroyl/Myristoyl Methyl Glucamide turns up, not how much of the market it is.

On these listsSurfactants and cleansersEmollients

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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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