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PPG-3 Caprylyl Ether in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

PPG-3 Caprylyl Ether is a cosmetic ingredient that dissolves other ingredients. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 6 products, most often shampoos.

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What does PPG-3 Caprylyl Ether do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, PPG-3 Caprylyl Ether dissolves other ingredients and makes more or longer-lasting foam. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: solvent and foam boosting.

solventfoam boosting

What is PPG-3 Caprylyl Ether?

PPG-3 Caprylyl Ether is the polypropylene glycol ether of caprylic alcohol; Poly(oxy-1-methyl-1,2-ethandiyl), alpha-octyl-omega-hydroxy- (3 mol PO average molar ratio).

CosIng reference
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Which products contain PPG-3 Caprylyl Ether?

Open Beauty Facts finds PPG-3 Caprylyl Ether in the ingredient lists of 6 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often shampoos, 2-in-1 shampoos and shampoo and conditioners.

  • Shampoos3
  • 2-in-1 shampoos1
  • Shampoo and conditioners1

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 2 · Norway 2 · Colombia 1 · Turkey 1.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where PPG-3 Caprylyl Ether 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’.

  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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