Cosmetic ingredient dictionary
Triethylene Glycol in cosmetics: what it is and what it does
Triethylene Glycol is a cosmetic ingredient that makes the product thicker or thinner. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 110 products, most often shampoos.
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What does Triethylene Glycol do in a product?
In a cosmetic product, Triethylene Glycol makes the product thicker or thinner, adds scent and hides an unwanted smell or taste. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: viscosity controlling, perfuming and masking.
What other names and numbers does Triethylene Glycol have?
- CAS number
- 112-27-6
- EC number
- 203-953-2
- CosIng reference
- 80352
Which products contain Triethylene Glycol?
Open Beauty Facts finds Triethylene Glycol in the ingredient lists of 110 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often shampoos, hair care and anti-dandruff shampoos.
Products with it, by country of sale: Turkey 18 · Spain 12 · Germany 11 · France 10.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Triethylene Glycol 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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