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INCI ingredient

Triheptanoin

Triheptanoin appears on 7 ingredient lists in our database, most often in face creams.

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

Triheptanoin appears on 7 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: viscosity controlling, skin conditioning - occlusive

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • viscosity controlling
  • skin conditioning - occlusive
  • viscosity controlling: Increasing or decreasing the viscosity (thickness) of cosmetics.
  • skin conditioning - occlusive: Retarding the evaporation of water from the skin surface. Occlusives are generally lipids which tend to remain on the skin surface and thus increase the water content of skin.

CAS 620-67-7 · EC 210-647-2

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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