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Polyglyceryl-3 Dicitrate/Stearate in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Polyglyceryl-3 Dicitrate/Stearate is a cosmetic ingredient that lets oil and water mix, so the product can wash dirt away. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 38 products, most often body care.

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What does Polyglyceryl-3 Dicitrate/Stearate do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Polyglyceryl-3 Dicitrate/Stearate 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 is Polyglyceryl-3 Dicitrate/Stearate?

Polyglyceryl-3 Dicitrate/Stearate is the diester of Polyglycerin-3 with a mixture of Citric Acid and Stearic Acid.

CosIng reference
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Which products contain Polyglyceryl-3 Dicitrate/Stearate?

Open Beauty Facts finds Polyglyceryl-3 Dicitrate/Stearate in the ingredient lists of 38 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often body care, hand creams and facial creams.

  • Body care7
  • Hand creams5
  • Facial creams4
  • Body milks3
  • Shaving3

Products with it, by country of sale: France 17 · Germany 14 · Switzerland 3 · Sweden 1.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Polyglyceryl-3 Dicitrate/Stearate 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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