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INCI ingredient

Trihydroxystearin

Trihydroxystearin appears on 65 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

Trihydroxystearin appears on 65 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: skin conditioning, viscosity controlling

Products with Trihydroxystearin

in 65 products

Showing 24 of 65 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • skin conditioning
  • viscosity controlling
  • skin conditioning: Maintaining the skin in good condition.
  • viscosity controlling: Increasing or decreasing the viscosity (thickness) of cosmetics.

CAS 139-44-6 · EC 205-364-6

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