Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Subtilisin in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Subtilisin is a cosmetic ingredient that keeps the skin in good condition. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 7 products, most often laundry detergent.

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What does Subtilisin do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Subtilisin keeps the skin in good condition and loosens dead skin cells. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: skin conditioning and keratolytic.

skin conditioningkeratolytic

What other names and numbers does Subtilisin have?

CAS number
9014-01-1
EC number
232-752-2
CosIng reference
79312

Which products contain Subtilisin?

Open Beauty Facts finds Subtilisin in the ingredient lists of 7 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often laundry detergent.

  • Laundry detergent2

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 3 · European Union 1 · Spain 1 · France 1.

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