Cosmetic ingredient dictionary
Cyclodextrin in cosmetics: what it is and what it does
Cyclodextrin is a cosmetic ingredient that absorbs water or oil. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 96 products, most often deodorants.
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What does Cyclodextrin do in a product?
In a cosmetic product, Cyclodextrin absorbs water or oil and binds metals in water so the product stays stable. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: absorbent and chelating.
What other names and numbers does Cyclodextrin have?
- CAS number
- 7585-39-9, 12619-70-4
- EC number
- 231-493-2
- CosIng reference
- 75402
Which products contain Cyclodextrin?
Open Beauty Facts finds Cyclodextrin in the ingredient lists of 96 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often deodorants, shampoos and hair care.
Products with it, by country of sale: Germany 40 · Australia 18 · United States 17 · France 12.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Cyclodextrin 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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