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INCI ingredient

Triethylene Glycol

Triethylene Glycol appears on 84 ingredient lists in our database, most often in shower gels.

What it triggers

  • Vegan originYesno 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

Triethylene Glycol appears on 84 ingredient lists in our database, most often in shower gels.

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, viscosity controlling, perfuming

Products with Triethylene Glycol

in 84 products

Showing 24 of 84 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • fragrance
  • viscosity controlling
  • perfuming
  • fragrance: Imparting an odour or taste. Creating a perceivable pleasant smell and/or masking a bad smell.
  • viscosity controlling: Increasing or decreasing the viscosity (thickness) of cosmetics.
  • perfuming: Used for perfume and aromatic raw materials.

CAS 112-27-6 · EC 203-953-2

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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