Cosmetic ingredient dictionary
Oleth-5 in cosmetics: what it is and what it does
Oleth-5 is a cosmetic ingredient that keeps oil and water mixed. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 26 products, most often body care.
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What does Oleth-5 do in a product?
In a cosmetic product, Oleth-5 keeps oil and water mixed. The EU’s CosIng database lists this job for it: emulsifying.
What other names and numbers does Oleth-5 have?
- CAS number
- 9004-98-2
- CosIng reference
- 78013
Which products contain Oleth-5?
Open Beauty Facts finds Oleth-5 in the ingredient lists of 26 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often body care, body milks and hair care.
Products with it, by country of sale: Australia 18 · Germany 6 · France 3 · Spain 1.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Oleth-5 turns up, not how much of the market it is.
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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’.
- European Commission: CosIng cosmetic ingredient database (functions, description, EU annex entry)
- Open Beauty Facts: product database, 77,506 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
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