Cosmetic ingredient dictionary
Acetyl Tributyl Citrate in cosmetics: what it is and what it does
Acetyl Tributyl Citrate is a cosmetic ingredient that adds scent. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 121 products, most often nail polishes.
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What does Acetyl Tributyl Citrate do in a product?
In a cosmetic product, Acetyl Tributyl Citrate adds scent, hides an unwanted smell or taste and keeps a film flexible. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: perfuming, masking and plasticiser.
What other names and numbers does Acetyl Tributyl Citrate have?
- CAS number
- 77-90-7
- EC number
- 201-067-0
- CosIng reference
- 73988
Which products contain Acetyl Tributyl Citrate?
Open Beauty Facts finds Acetyl Tributyl Citrate in the ingredient lists of 121 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often nail polishes, breathable nail polishes and nail makeup.
Products with it, by country of sale: Turkey 65 · France 21 · Türkiye 16 · Germany 12.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Acetyl Tributyl Citrate turns up, not how much of the market it is.
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Sources
The job, the description and the EU annex entry are CosIng’s; the fragrance allergens are the EU Annex III names Bravoora’s label checker reads; the product counts are Open Beauty Facts’.
- European Commission: CosIng cosmetic ingredient database (functions, description, EU annex entry)
- Open Beauty Facts: product database, 77,506 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
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