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PEG-7 Hydrogenated Castor Oil in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

PEG-7 Hydrogenated Castor Oil is a cosmetic ingredient that lets oil and water mix, so the product can wash dirt away. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 8 products, most often face care.

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What does PEG-7 Hydrogenated Castor Oil do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, PEG-7 Hydrogenated Castor Oil 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-7 Hydrogenated Castor Oil have?

CAS number
61788-85-0
CosIng reference
77275

Which products contain PEG-7 Hydrogenated Castor Oil?

Open Beauty Facts finds PEG-7 Hydrogenated Castor Oil in the ingredient lists of 8 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often face care, facial creams and sunscreen.

  • Face care1
  • Facial creams1
  • Sunscreen1

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 5 · Germany 2 · Saudi Arabia 1 · Senegal 1.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where PEG-7 Hydrogenated Castor Oil turns up, not how much of the market it is.

On these listsSurfactants and cleansersEmulsifiers

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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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