Cosmetic ingredient dictionary
Sorbitol in cosmetics: what it is and what it does
Sorbitol is a cosmetic ingredient that holds water in the skin or the product. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 1,342 products, most often toothpastes.
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What does Sorbitol do in a product?
In a cosmetic product, Sorbitol holds water in the skin or the product, keeps the skin in good condition and keeps a film flexible. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: humectant, skin conditioning and plasticiser.
What other names and numbers does Sorbitol have?
- CAS number
- 50-70-4
- EC number
- 200-061-5
- CosIng reference
- 38191
Which products contain Sorbitol?
Open Beauty Facts finds Sorbitol in the ingredient lists of 1,342 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often toothpastes and mouthwash.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 355 · Germany 227 · United States 137 · Australia 88.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Sorbitol 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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