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Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

PEG/PPG/Polybutylene Glycol-8/5/3 Glycerin in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

PEG/PPG/Polybutylene Glycol-8/5/3 Glycerin is a cosmetic ingredient that holds water in the skin or the product. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 36 products, most often face makeup.

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What does PEG/PPG/Polybutylene Glycol-8/5/3 Glycerin do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, PEG/PPG/Polybutylene Glycol-8/5/3 Glycerin holds water in the skin or the product. The EU’s CosIng database lists this job for it: humectant.

humectant

What other names and numbers does PEG/PPG/Polybutylene Glycol-8/5/3 Glycerin have?

CosIng reference
57094

Which products contain PEG/PPG/Polybutylene Glycol-8/5/3 Glycerin?

Open Beauty Facts finds PEG/PPG/Polybutylene Glycol-8/5/3 Glycerin in the ingredient lists of 36 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often face makeup, foundations and hair care.

  • Face makeup20
  • Foundations20
  • Hair care1
  • Shampoos1
  • Face care1

Products with it, by country of sale: Mexico 20 · France 5 · Australia 5 · Brazil 3.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where PEG/PPG/Polybutylene Glycol-8/5/3 Glycerin turns up, not how much of the market it is.

On these listsHumectants

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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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