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Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Sorbitan Tristearate in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Sorbitan Tristearate is a cosmetic ingredient that keeps oil and water mixed. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 43 products, most often body creams.

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What does Sorbitan Tristearate do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Sorbitan Tristearate keeps oil and water mixed. The EU’s CosIng database lists this job for it: emulsifying.

emulsifying

What other names and numbers does Sorbitan Tristearate have?

CAS number
26658-19-5
EC number
247-891-4
CosIng reference
38190

Which products contain Sorbitan Tristearate?

Open Beauty Facts finds Sorbitan Tristearate in the ingredient lists of 43 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often body creams, body care and makeup.

  • Body creams4
  • Body care4
  • Makeup3
  • Body lotion3

Products with it, by country of sale: France 16 · United States 6 · Italy 4 · Belgium 4.

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

On these listsEmulsifiers

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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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