Cosmetic ingredient dictionary
Potassium Acesulfame in cosmetics: what it is and what it does
Potassium Acesulfame is a cosmetic ingredient that hides an unwanted smell or taste. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 26 products, most often mouthwash.
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What does Potassium Acesulfame do in a product?
In a cosmetic product, Potassium Acesulfame hides an unwanted smell or taste. The EU’s CosIng database lists this job for it: masking.
What other names and numbers does Potassium Acesulfame have?
- CAS number
- 55589-62-3
- EC number
- 259-715-3
- CosIng reference
- 79429
Which products contain Potassium Acesulfame?
Open Beauty Facts finds Potassium Acesulfame in the ingredient lists of 26 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often mouthwash, lip balms and lip makeup.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 8 · Germany 5 · Spain 3 · Italy 2.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Potassium Acesulfame 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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