Tris-Biphenyl Triazine in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

What does Tris-Biphenyl Triazine do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Tris-Biphenyl Triazine protects the product from UV light. The EU’s CosIng database lists this job for it: UV absorber.

What other names and numbers does Tris-Biphenyl Triazine have?

CAS number

31274-51-8

CosIng reference

83271

Which products contain Tris-Biphenyl Triazine?

Open Beauty Facts finds Tris-Biphenyl Triazine in the ingredient lists of 7 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often sunscreen and facial sunscreens.

• Sunscreen4
• Facial sunscreens1

Products with it, by country of sale: Germany 2 · Morocco 1 · Sweden 1 · Netherlands 1.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Tris-Biphenyl Triazine turns up, not how much of the market it is.

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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