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Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

BHA in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

BHA is a cosmetic ingredient that stops the product reacting with oxygen and going off. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 36 products, most often body care.

By Bravoora teamUpdated Sources checked 2 sourcesHow we check

What does BHA do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, BHA 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.

antioxidantmasking

What other names and numbers does BHA have?

CAS number
25013-16-5
EC number
246-563-8
CosIng reference
32184

Which products contain BHA?

Open Beauty Facts finds BHA in the ingredient lists of 36 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often body care, hair care and lip balms.

  • Body care4
  • Hair care2
  • Lip balms2
  • Hand creams2

Products with it, by country of sale: Spain 7 · France 5 · Romania 4 · Italy 3.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where BHA turns up, not how much of the market it is.

On these listsAntioxidants

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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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