Cosmetic ingredient dictionary
Polyglyceryl-6 Distearate in cosmetics: what it is and what it does
Polyglyceryl-6 Distearate is a cosmetic ingredient that keeps oil and water mixed. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 20 products, most often body care.
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What does Polyglyceryl-6 Distearate do in a product?
In a cosmetic product, Polyglyceryl-6 Distearate keeps oil and water mixed. The EU’s CosIng database lists this job for it: emulsifying.
What other names and numbers does Polyglyceryl-6 Distearate have?
- CAS number
- 34424-97-0
- EC number
- 252-010-1
- CosIng reference
- 78925
Which products contain Polyglyceryl-6 Distearate?
Open Beauty Facts finds Polyglyceryl-6 Distearate in the ingredient lists of 20 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often body care, body milks and day creams.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 7 · United States 5 · Australia 3 · Spain 2.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Polyglyceryl-6 Distearate 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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