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INCI ingredient

Cetyl Palmitate

Cetyl Palmitate appears on 178 ingredient lists in our database, most often in face creams.

What it triggers

  • Vegan originNot sureplant or animal source
  • FragranceNonot a perfume ingredient
  • ParabenNonot a preservative of this family
  • SulfateNonot a sulfate surfactant
  • SiliconeNonot a silicone
  • AlcoholNonot a drying alcohol

What it does

Cetyl Palmitate appears on 178 ingredient lists in our database, most often in face creams.

It does not belong to any of the six groups we check, so it never changes a verdict.

We have not written the plain-language note for this ingredient yet; the facts above come straight from how it is classified.

Functions: skin conditioning - emollient, fragrance, skin conditioning

Products with Cetyl Palmitate

in 178 products

Showing 24 of 178 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • skin conditioning - emollient
  • fragrance
  • skin conditioning
  • skin conditioning - emollient: Acting as lubricants on the skin surface providing the skin with a soft and smooth appearance.
  • fragrance: Imparting an odour or taste. Creating a perceivable pleasant smell and/or masking a bad smell.
  • skin conditioning: Maintaining the skin in good condition.

CAS 540-10-3 · EC 208-736-6

EU regulation

Not on a restricted-substances annex. Listed as an allowed cosmetic ingredient.

Source: CosIng, European Commission. Informative, no legal value; the regulation text is the reference.

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