Cosmetic ingredient dictionary
PEG-20 Stearate in cosmetics: what it is and what it does
PEG-20 Stearate is a cosmetic ingredient that holds water in the skin or the product. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 28 products, most often facial creams.
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What does PEG-20 Stearate do in a product?
In a cosmetic product, PEG-20 Stearate holds water in the skin or the product, lets oil and water mix, so the product can wash dirt away, and keeps oil and water mixed. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: humectant, surfactant and emulsifying.
What other names and numbers does PEG-20 Stearate have?
- CAS number
- 9004-99-3
- CosIng reference
- 78054
Which products contain PEG-20 Stearate?
Open Beauty Facts finds PEG-20 Stearate in the ingredient lists of 28 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often facial creams, body care and body creams.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 11 · Spain 7 · Australia 2 · Germany 2.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where PEG-20 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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