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Polyglyceryl-3 Polyricinoleate in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Polyglyceryl-3 Polyricinoleate is a cosmetic ingredient that keeps oil and water mixed. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 41 products, most often sunscreen.

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What does Polyglyceryl-3 Polyricinoleate do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Polyglyceryl-3 Polyricinoleate keeps oil and water mixed, and makes the product thicker or thinner. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: emulsifying and viscosity controlling.

emulsifyingviscosity controlling

What other names and numbers does Polyglyceryl-3 Polyricinoleate have?

CAS number
29894-35-7, 235783-76-3
CosIng reference
78902

Which products contain Polyglyceryl-3 Polyricinoleate?

Open Beauty Facts finds Polyglyceryl-3 Polyricinoleate in the ingredient lists of 41 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often sunscreen, face care and facial creams.

  • Sunscreen4
  • Face care4
  • Facial creams3
  • Lip makeup2

Products with it, by country of sale: France 8 · Germany 8 · Turkey 6 · Türkiye 5.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Polyglyceryl-3 Polyricinoleate turns up, not how much of the market it is.

On these listsEmulsifiers

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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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