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INCI ingredient

Tricaprylin

Tricaprylin appears on 4 ingredient lists in our database, most often in face masks.

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

Tricaprylin appears on 4 ingredient lists in our database, most often in face masks.

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: fragrance, skin conditioning, perfuming

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • fragrance
  • skin conditioning
  • perfuming
  • 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.
  • perfuming: Used for perfume and aromatic raw materials.

CAS 538-23-8 · EC 208-686-5

EU regulation

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

CosIng records a perfuming function for this ingredient.

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

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