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Oleic/Linoleic/Linolenic Polyglycerides in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Oleic/Linoleic/Linolenic Polyglycerides is a cosmetic ingredient that softens and smooths the skin. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 17 products, most often body care.

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What does Oleic/Linoleic/Linolenic Polyglycerides do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Oleic/Linoleic/Linolenic Polyglycerides softens and smooths the skin, lets oil and water mix, so the product can wash dirt away, and makes the product thicker or thinner. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: emollient, surfactant, viscosity controlling, binding and emulsion stabilising.

emollientsurfactantviscosity controllingbindingemulsion stabilising

What other names and numbers does Oleic/Linoleic/Linolenic Polyglycerides have?

CosIng reference
57709

Which products contain Oleic/Linoleic/Linolenic Polyglycerides?

Open Beauty Facts finds Oleic/Linoleic/Linolenic Polyglycerides in the ingredient lists of 17 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often body care, face care and lip balms.

  • Body care2
  • Face care2
  • Lip balms2
  • Hand creams1

Products with it, by country of sale: France 10 · United States 2 · Portugal 1 · Israel 1.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Oleic/Linoleic/Linolenic Polyglycerides 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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