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Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Tapioca Starch in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Tapioca Starch is a cosmetic ingredient that makes the product thicker or thinner. It is vegan. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 199 products, most often deodorants.

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What does Tapioca Starch do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Tapioca Starch makes the product thicker or thinner. The EU’s CosIng database lists this job for it: viscosity controlling.

viscosity controlling

What is Tapioca Starch?

Tapioca Starch is the starch obtained from tapioca. It consists primarily of amylose and amylopectin.

CAS number
9005-25-8
EC number
232-679-6
CosIng reference
60067

Is Tapioca Starch vegan?

Yes. Open Beauty Facts records nothing from an animal in Tapioca Starch.

VeganFits youNothing from an animal, by the Open Beauty Facts record.
VegetarianFits youNothing from an animal, by the Open Beauty Facts record.

Which products contain Tapioca Starch?

Open Beauty Facts finds Tapioca Starch in the ingredient lists of 199 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often deodorants, facial creams and sunscreen.

  • Deodorants19
  • Facial creams13
  • Sunscreen12

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 44 · France 38 · Australia 20 · Germany 18.

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