Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Bakuchiol in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Bakuchiol is a cosmetic ingredient that slows the growth of microbes on the skin. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 17 products, most often facial creams.

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What does Bakuchiol do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Bakuchiol slows the growth of microbes on the skin. The EU’s CosIng database lists this job for it: antimicrobial.

antimicrobial

What other names and numbers does Bakuchiol have?

CAS number
17015-60-0
CosIng reference
32053

Which products contain Bakuchiol?

Open Beauty Facts finds Bakuchiol in the ingredient lists of 17 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often facial creams, face care and body care.

  • Facial creams3
  • Face care2
  • Body care1
  • Body creams1
  • Face serums1

Products with it, by country of sale: France 4 · Portugal 2 · Spain 2 · Australia 2.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Bakuchiol 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’.

  1. European Commission: CosIng cosmetic ingredient database (functions, description, EU annex entry)
  2. Open Beauty Facts: product database, 77,506 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL

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