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Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

PEG-4 Rapeseedamide in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

PEG-4 Rapeseedamide is a cosmetic ingredient that makes the product thicker or thinner. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 84 products, most often shampoos.

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What does PEG-4 Rapeseedamide do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, PEG-4 Rapeseedamide makes the product thicker or thinner. The EU’s CosIng database lists this job for it: viscosity controlling.

viscosity controlling

What other names and numbers does PEG-4 Rapeseedamide have?

CAS number
85536-23-8
CosIng reference
78445

Which products contain PEG-4 Rapeseedamide?

Open Beauty Facts finds PEG-4 Rapeseedamide in the ingredient lists of 84 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often shampoos, hair care and bath and shower.

  • Shampoos15
  • Hair care10
  • Bath and shower8
  • Shower gels7

Products with it, by country of sale: France 28 · Norway 16 · Germany 13 · United States 9.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where PEG-4 Rapeseedamide 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’.

  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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