Cosmetic ingredient dictionary
Pentaerythrityl Tetraisostearate in cosmetics: what it is and what it does
Pentaerythrityl Tetraisostearate is a cosmetic ingredient that softens and smooths the skin. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 78 products, most often makeup.
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What does Pentaerythrityl Tetraisostearate do in a product?
In a cosmetic product, Pentaerythrityl Tetraisostearate softens and smooths the skin, 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: emollient, surfactant and emulsifying.
What other names and numbers does Pentaerythrityl Tetraisostearate have?
- CAS number
- 62125-22-8
- EC number
- 263-423-1
- CosIng reference
- 36473
Which products contain Pentaerythrityl Tetraisostearate?
Open Beauty Facts finds Pentaerythrityl Tetraisostearate in the ingredient lists of 78 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often makeup, face care and korean cosmetics.
Products with it, by country of sale: Norway 25 · France 14 · Netherlands 7 · United States 5.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Pentaerythrityl Tetraisostearate 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’.
- European Commission: CosIng cosmetic ingredient database (functions, description, EU annex entry)
- Open Beauty Facts: product database, 77,506 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
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