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Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Laurtrimonium Chloride in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Laurtrimonium Chloride is a cosmetic ingredient that keeps the product from spoiling. The EU lists it as an allowed preservative, with a maximum amount. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 12 products, most often hair care.

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What does Laurtrimonium Chloride do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Laurtrimonium Chloride keeps the product from spoiling, keeps oil and water mixed, and reduces static, so hair stays flat. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: preservative, emulsifying and antistatic.

preservativeemulsifyingantistatic

What other names and numbers does Laurtrimonium Chloride have?

CAS number
112-00-5
EC number
203-927-0
CosIng reference
34945

Is Laurtrimonium Chloride restricted in the EU?

It is allowed, on a list with limits. The EU lists it as an allowed preservative, with a maximum amount (Annex V of Regulation 1223/2009, entry 44).

The annex entry sets the exact limits, the products it may be used in and any warning the label must carry.

Which products contain Laurtrimonium Chloride?

Open Beauty Facts finds Laurtrimonium Chloride in the ingredient lists of 12 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often hair care and hair gels.

  • Hair care5
  • Hair gels3

Products with it, by country of sale: France 6 · Germany 3 · Australia 1 · United Kingdom 1.

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

On these listsPreservativesEmulsifiers

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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
  3. EU Regulation 1223/2009 on cosmetic products (the annexes)

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