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INCI ingredient

Glycereth-26

Glycereth-26 appears on 22 ingredient lists in our database, most often in body moisturizers.

What it triggers

  • Vegan originNot sureorigin not on file
  • FragranceNonot a perfume ingredient
  • ParabenNonot a preservative of this family
  • SulfateNonot a sulfate surfactant
  • SiliconeNonot a silicone
  • AlcoholNonot a drying alcohol

What it does

Glycereth-26 appears on 22 ingredient lists in our database, most often in body moisturizers.

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: humectant, viscosity controlling

Products with Glycereth-26

in 22 products

Showing 22 of 22 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • humectant
  • viscosity controlling
  • humectant: Retaining and/or preserving the moisture in a product during use.
  • viscosity controlling: Increasing or decreasing the viscosity (thickness) of cosmetics.

CAS 31694-55-0

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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