Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Diisopropyl Adipate in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Diisopropyl Adipate is a cosmetic ingredient that softens and smooths the skin. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 71 products, most often sunscreen.

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What does Diisopropyl Adipate do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Diisopropyl Adipate softens and smooths the skin, keeps the skin in good condition, and dissolves other ingredients. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: emollient, skin conditioning, solvent, masking and plasticiser.

emollientskin conditioningsolventmaskingplasticiser

What other names and numbers does Diisopropyl Adipate have?

CAS number
6938-94-9
EC number
230-072-0
CosIng reference
75609

Which products contain Diisopropyl Adipate?

Open Beauty Facts finds Diisopropyl Adipate in the ingredient lists of 71 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often sunscreen and face care.

  • Sunscreen24
  • Face care3

Products with it, by country of sale: France 28 · Germany 9 · Spain 7 · Canada 4.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Diisopropyl Adipate turns up, not how much of the market it is.

On these listsEmollients

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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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