Cosmetic ingredient dictionary
Tocopheryl Acetate in cosmetics: what it is and what it does
Tocopheryl Acetate is a cosmetic ingredient that stops the product reacting with oxygen and going off. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 2,446 products, most often sunscreen.
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What does Tocopheryl Acetate do in a product?
In a cosmetic product, Tocopheryl Acetate stops the product reacting with oxygen and going off, and keeps the skin in good condition. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: antioxidant and skin conditioning.
What other names and numbers does Tocopheryl Acetate have?
- CAS number
- 7695-91-2, 58-95-7
- EC number
- 231-710-0, 200-405-4
- CosIng reference
- 38627
Which products contain Tocopheryl Acetate?
Open Beauty Facts finds Tocopheryl Acetate in the ingredient lists of 2,446 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often sunscreen, body care and face care.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 530 · Germany 377 · United States 317 · Spain 170.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Tocopheryl Acetate 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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