Cosmetic ingredient dictionary
Tartaric Acid in cosmetics: what it is and what it does
Tartaric Acid is a cosmetic ingredient that hides an unwanted smell or taste. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 101 products, most often hair care.
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What does Tartaric Acid do in a product?
In a cosmetic product, Tartaric Acid hides an unwanted smell or taste and keeps the product's acidity steady. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: masking and buffering.
What other names and numbers does Tartaric Acid have?
- CAS number
- 133-37-9, 147-71-7, 87-69-4
- EC number
- 205-105-7, 205-695-6, 201-766-0
- CosIng reference
- 38476
Which products contain Tartaric Acid?
Open Beauty Facts finds Tartaric Acid in the ingredient lists of 101 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often hair care, shampoos and hair conditioners.
Products with it, by country of sale: Germany 25 · France 19 · United States 10 · Norway 10.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Tartaric Acid 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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