Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Propane in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Propane is a cosmetic ingredient that pushes the product out of an aerosol. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 775 products, most often deodorants.

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What does Propane do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Propane pushes the product out of an aerosol. The EU’s CosIng database lists this job for it: propellant.

propellant

What other names and numbers does Propane have?

CAS number
74-98-6
EC number
200-827-9
CosIng reference
37260

Which products contain Propane?

Open Beauty Facts finds Propane in the ingredient lists of 775 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often deodorants, anti-perspirants and shaving.

  • Deodorants265
  • Anti-perspirants26
  • Shaving21

Products with it, by country of sale: France 324 · Germany 169 · Australia 92 · Netherlands 34.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Propane 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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