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INCI ingredient

Triacetin

Triacetin appears on 17 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

Triacetin appears on 17 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: antimicrobial, film forming, fragrance, plasticiser, solvent

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • antimicrobial
  • film forming
  • fragrance
  • plasticiser
  • solvent
  • antimicrobial: Preventing and/or slowing down microbial growth.
  • film forming: Producing (upon application) a continuous film on the skin, hair or nails.
  • fragrance: Imparting an odour or taste. Creating a perceivable pleasant smell and/or masking a bad smell.
  • plasticiser: Softening and making supple synthetic polumers that otherwise could not be easily deformed, spread or worked out.

CAS 102-76-1 · EC 203-051-9

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.

Classification from the INCI name; product lists from Open Beauty Facts.Report a mistake