Cosmetic ingredient dictionary
PEG-100 Stearate in cosmetics: what it is and what it does
PEG-100 Stearate is a cosmetic ingredient that lets oil and water mix, so the product can wash dirt away. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 566 products, most often body care.
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What does PEG-100 Stearate do in a product?
In a cosmetic product, PEG-100 Stearate lets oil and water mix, so the product can wash dirt away. The EU’s CosIng database lists this job for it: surfactant.
What other names and numbers does PEG-100 Stearate have?
- CAS number
- 9004-99-3
- CosIng reference
- 77453
Which products contain PEG-100 Stearate?
Open Beauty Facts finds PEG-100 Stearate in the ingredient lists of 566 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often body care, sunscreen and body creams.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 143 · United States 106 · Spain 61 · Australia 30.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where PEG-100 Stearate 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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