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PEG-22/Dodecyl Glycol Copolymer in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

PEG-22/Dodecyl Glycol Copolymer is a cosmetic ingredient that keeps oil and water mixed. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 6 products, most often facial creams.

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What does PEG-22/Dodecyl Glycol Copolymer do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, PEG-22/Dodecyl Glycol Copolymer keeps oil and water mixed, and keeps the product stable. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: emulsifying and stabilising.

emulsifyingstabilising

What other names and numbers does PEG-22/Dodecyl Glycol Copolymer have?

CAS number
78336-31-9
CosIng reference
78067

Which products contain PEG-22/Dodecyl Glycol Copolymer?

Open Beauty Facts finds PEG-22/Dodecyl Glycol Copolymer in the ingredient lists of 6 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often facial creams and body creams.

  • Facial creams1
  • Body creams1

Products with it, by country of sale: France 6 · Algeria 2.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where PEG-22/Dodecyl Glycol Copolymer turns up, not how much of the market it is.

On these listsEmulsifiers

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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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