Cosmetic ingredient dictionary
Caprylhydroxamic Acid in cosmetics: what it is and what it does
Caprylhydroxamic Acid is a cosmetic ingredient that binds metals in water so the product stays stable. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 171 products, most often sunscreen.
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What does Caprylhydroxamic Acid do in a product?
In a cosmetic product, Caprylhydroxamic Acid binds metals in water so the product stays stable. The EU’s CosIng database lists this job for it: chelating.
What other names and numbers does Caprylhydroxamic Acid have?
- CAS number
- 7377-03-9
- EC number
- 230-936-7
- CosIng reference
- 86262
Which products contain Caprylhydroxamic Acid?
Open Beauty Facts finds Caprylhydroxamic Acid in the ingredient lists of 171 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often sunscreen, face care and body care.
Products with it, by country of sale: Germany 51 · United States 39 · France 20 · Turkey 11.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Caprylhydroxamic 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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