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Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Biosaccharide Gum-2 in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Biosaccharide Gum-2 is a cosmetic ingredient that keeps the skin in good condition. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 5 products, most often anti-ageing face care.

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What does Biosaccharide Gum-2 do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Biosaccharide Gum-2 keeps the skin in good condition. The EU’s CosIng database lists this job for it: skin conditioning.

skin conditioning

What is Biosaccharide Gum-2?

Biosaccharide Gum-2 is a fermentation gum derived from sorbitol. It is described as a polymer of alpha-L-Rhap-beta-D- Galp- alpha-L- Rhap- beta-D-GlepA- alpha-L Rhap- alpha-D-Galp.

CAS number
283602-75-5, 758716-52-8
CosIng reference
54768

Which products contain Biosaccharide Gum-2?

Open Beauty Facts finds Biosaccharide Gum-2 in the ingredient lists of 5 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often anti-ageing face care and anti-wrinkle creams.

  • Anti-ageing face care1
  • Anti-wrinkle creams1

Products with it, by country of sale: France 3 · Philippines 1 · Turkey 1.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Biosaccharide Gum-2 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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