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Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Myristic Acid in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Myristic Acid is a cosmetic ingredient that cleans the skin, hair or teeth. Whether it is vegan depends on the make. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 230 products, most often skincare.

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What does Myristic Acid do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Myristic Acid cleans the skin, hair or teeth, keeps oil and water mixed, and adds scent. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: cleansing, emulsifying and perfuming.

cleansingemulsifyingperfuming

What other names and numbers does Myristic Acid have?

CAS number
544-63-8
EC number
208-875-2
CosIng reference
35442

Is Myristic Acid vegan?

It depends on the make. Myristic Acid can be made from plants or from animals, and a label rarely says which, so a vegan profile gets Heads up.

VeganHeads upIt can be made from plants or from animals, and a label rarely says which.
VegetarianHeads upIt can be made from an animal source, and a label rarely says which.

Which products contain Myristic Acid?

Open Beauty Facts finds Myristic Acid in the ingredient lists of 230 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often skincare, shaving and facial creams.

  • Skincare12
  • Shaving10
  • Facial creams7
  • Body creams7

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 44 · France 30 · Germany 22 · Norway 21.

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

On these listsSurfactants and cleansersEmulsifiers

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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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