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Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Triethyl Citrate in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Triethyl Citrate is a cosmetic ingredient that adds scent. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 395 products, most often deodorants.

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What does Triethyl Citrate do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Triethyl Citrate adds scent, hides an unwanted smell or taste and keeps a film flexible. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: perfuming, masking and plasticiser.

perfumingmaskingplasticiser

What other names and numbers does Triethyl Citrate have?

CAS number
77-93-0
EC number
201-070-7
CosIng reference
80375

Which products contain Triethyl Citrate?

Open Beauty Facts finds Triethyl Citrate in the ingredient lists of 395 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often deodorants, roll-on deodorants and hair care.

  • Deodorants93
  • Roll-on deodorants24
  • Hair care15

Products with it, by country of sale: France 123 · Germany 75 · United States 57 · Netherlands 26.

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