Cosmetic ingredient dictionary
Azelaic Acid in cosmetics: what it is and what it does
Azelaic Acid is a cosmetic ingredient that hides an unwanted smell or taste. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 17 products, most often face care.
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What does Azelaic Acid do in a product?
In a cosmetic product, Azelaic Acid hides an unwanted smell or taste and keeps the product's acidity steady. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: masking and buffering.
What other names and numbers does Azelaic Acid have?
- CAS number
- 123-99-9
- EC number
- 204-669-1
- CosIng reference
- 74538
Which products contain Azelaic Acid?
Open Beauty Facts finds Azelaic Acid in the ingredient lists of 17 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often face care, skincare and face masks.
Products with it, by country of sale: Turkey 6 · France 2 · Singapore 2 · Canada 1.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Azelaic Acid 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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