Cosmetic ingredient dictionary
Dicaprylyl Carbonate in cosmetics: what it is and what it does
Dicaprylyl Carbonate is a cosmetic ingredient that softens and smooths the skin. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 358 products, most often sunscreen.
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What does Dicaprylyl Carbonate do in a product?
In a cosmetic product, Dicaprylyl Carbonate softens and smooths the skin, and keeps the skin in good condition. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: emollient and skin conditioning.
What other names and numbers does Dicaprylyl Carbonate have?
- CAS number
- 1680-31-5
- EC number
- 434-850-2
- CosIng reference
- 55832
Which products contain Dicaprylyl Carbonate?
Open Beauty Facts finds Dicaprylyl Carbonate in the ingredient lists of 358 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often sunscreen, body care and facial creams.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 169 · Germany 45 · United States 22 · Spain 20.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Dicaprylyl Carbonate 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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