Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

PEG-40 Glyceryl Cocoate in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

PEG-40 Glyceryl Cocoate is a cosmetic ingredient that lets oil and water mix, so the product can wash dirt away. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 11 products, most often shampoos.

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What does PEG-40 Glyceryl Cocoate do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, PEG-40 Glyceryl Cocoate 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: surfactant and emulsifying.

surfactantemulsifying

What other names and numbers does PEG-40 Glyceryl Cocoate have?

CosIng reference
78451

Which products contain PEG-40 Glyceryl Cocoate?

Open Beauty Facts finds PEG-40 Glyceryl Cocoate in the ingredient lists of 11 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often shampoos, cleansers and body care.

  • Shampoos2
  • Cleansers2
  • Body care1
  • Body milks1
  • Face care1
  • Face lotions1

Products with it, by country of sale: France 10 · Spain 1.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where PEG-40 Glyceryl Cocoate 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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