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Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Rhamnose in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Rhamnose is a cosmetic ingredient that holds water in the skin or the product. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 51 products, most often micellar water.

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What does Rhamnose do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Rhamnose holds water in the skin or the product and hides an unwanted smell or taste. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: humectant and masking.

humectantmasking

What other names and numbers does Rhamnose have?

CAS number
3615-41-6, 10030-85-0
EC number
222-793-4
CosIng reference
79550

Which products contain Rhamnose?

Open Beauty Facts finds Rhamnose in the ingredient lists of 51 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often micellar water, face care and facial creams.

  • Micellar water6
  • Face care5
  • Facial creams5
  • Cleansing waters5
  • Sunscreen4

Products with it, by country of sale: France 33 · Morocco 7 · Turkey 3 · Brazil 2.

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

On these listsHumectants

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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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