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Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride is a cosmetic ingredient that keeps the skin in good condition. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 1,536 products, most often body care.

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What does Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride keeps the skin in good condition, adds scent and hides an unwanted smell or taste. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: skin conditioning, perfuming and masking.

skin conditioningperfumingmasking

What other names and numbers does Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride have?

CAS number
73398-61-5, 65381-09-1
EC number
277-452-2, 265-724-3
CosIng reference
74816

Which products contain Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride?

Open Beauty Facts finds Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride in the ingredient lists of 1,536 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often body care, deodorants and face care.

  • Body care97
  • Deodorants82
  • Face care78
  • Sunscreen75

Products with it, by country of sale: France 472 · United States 243 · Germany 188 · Australia 103.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride 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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