Cosmetic ingredient dictionary
Ascorbyl Palmitate in cosmetics: what it is and what it does
Ascorbyl Palmitate is a cosmetic ingredient that stops the product reacting with oxygen and going off. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 462 products, most often shampoos.
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What does Ascorbyl Palmitate do in a product?
In a cosmetic product, Ascorbyl Palmitate stops the product reacting with oxygen and going off, and hides an unwanted smell or taste. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: antioxidant and masking.
What other names and numbers does Ascorbyl Palmitate have?
- CAS number
- 137-66-6
- EC number
- 205-305-4
- CosIng reference
- 32007
Which products contain Ascorbyl Palmitate?
Open Beauty Facts finds Ascorbyl Palmitate in the ingredient lists of 462 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often shampoos, hair care and face care.
Products with it, by country of sale: Germany 122 · France 101 · United States 37 · Spain 34.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Ascorbyl Palmitate 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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