Cosmetic ingredient dictionary
Triacetin in cosmetics: what it is and what it does
Triacetin is a cosmetic ingredient that leaves a thin film on skin, hair or nails. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 28 products, most often body care.
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What does Triacetin do in a product?
In a cosmetic product, Triacetin leaves a thin film on skin, hair or nails, dissolves other ingredients and hides an unwanted smell or taste. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: film forming, solvent, masking, antimicrobial and plasticiser.
What other names and numbers does Triacetin have?
- CAS number
- 102-76-1
- EC number
- 203-051-9
- CosIng reference
- 38645
Which products contain Triacetin?
Open Beauty Facts finds Triacetin in the ingredient lists of 28 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often body care, body creams and nail makeup.
Products with it, by country of sale: Germany 16 · Canada 3 · Spain 3 · Poland 2.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Triacetin 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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