Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Undecylenoyl Glycine in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Undecylenoyl Glycine is a cosmetic ingredient that lets oil and water mix, so the product can wash dirt away. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 32 products, most often bath and shower.

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What does Undecylenoyl Glycine do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Undecylenoyl Glycine lets oil and water mix, so the product can wash dirt away, cleans the skin, hair or teeth, and makes hair easier to comb, softer or shinier. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: surfactant, cleansing and hair conditioning.

surfactantcleansinghair conditioning

What other names and numbers does Undecylenoyl Glycine have?

CosIng reference
59984

Which products contain Undecylenoyl Glycine?

Open Beauty Facts finds Undecylenoyl Glycine in the ingredient lists of 32 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often bath and shower, shower gels and body washes.

  • Bath and shower8
  • Shower gels8
  • Body washes3
  • Sunscreen2
  • Makeup1
  • Face care1

Products with it, by country of sale: France 22 · United States 6 · Netherlands 3 · Nigeria 1.

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