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Methyl Glucose Sesquistearate in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Methyl Glucose Sesquistearate is a cosmetic ingredient that softens and smooths the skin. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 24 products, most often sunscreen.

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What does Methyl Glucose Sesquistearate do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Methyl Glucose Sesquistearate softens and smooths the skin, keeps oil and water mixed, and keeps the skin in good condition. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: emollient, emulsifying and skin conditioning.

emollientemulsifyingskin conditioning

What other names and numbers does Methyl Glucose Sesquistearate have?

CAS number
68936-95-8
EC number
273-049-0
CosIng reference
78271

Which products contain Methyl Glucose Sesquistearate?

Open Beauty Facts finds Methyl Glucose Sesquistearate in the ingredient lists of 24 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often sunscreen, self tanner and deodorants.

  • Sunscreen2
  • Self tanner2
  • Deodorants2
  • Skincare2

Products with it, by country of sale: France 7 · Germany 5 · Turkey 2 · Brazil 1.

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

On these listsEmollientsEmulsifiers

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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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