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Methyl Glucose Caprate/Caprylate/Oleate in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Methyl Glucose Caprate/Caprylate/Oleate is a cosmetic ingredient that softens and smooths the skin. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 6 products, most often body washes.

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What does Methyl Glucose Caprate/Caprylate/Oleate do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Methyl Glucose Caprate/Caprylate/Oleate softens and smooths the skin, keeps the skin in good condition, and makes the product thicker or thinner. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: emollient, skin conditioning and viscosity controlling.

emollientskin conditioningviscosity controlling

What is Methyl Glucose Caprate/Caprylate/Oleate?

Methyl Glucose Caprate/Caprylate/Oleate is the ester of methyl glucoside and a mixture of caprylic, capric and oleic acids.

CosIng reference
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Which products contain Methyl Glucose Caprate/Caprylate/Oleate?

Open Beauty Facts finds Methyl Glucose Caprate/Caprylate/Oleate in the ingredient lists of 6 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often body washes, hair care and shampoos.

  • Body washes1
  • Hair care1
  • Shampoos1

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 6.

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

On these listsEmollients

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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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