Cosmetic ingredient dictionary
Dipentaerythrityl Hexacaprylate/Hexacaprate in cosmetics: what it is and what it does
Dipentaerythrityl Hexacaprylate/Hexacaprate is a cosmetic ingredient that keeps oil and water mixed. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 9 products, most often night creams.
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What does Dipentaerythrityl Hexacaprylate/Hexacaprate do in a product?
In a cosmetic product, Dipentaerythrityl Hexacaprylate/Hexacaprate keeps oil and water mixed, keeps the skin in good condition, and makes the product thicker or thinner. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: emulsifying, skin conditioning, viscosity controlling and smoothing.
What other names and numbers does Dipentaerythrityl Hexacaprylate/Hexacaprate have?
- CAS number
- 68130-24-5
- EC number
- 268-581-5
- CosIng reference
- 75927
Which products contain Dipentaerythrityl Hexacaprylate/Hexacaprate?
Open Beauty Facts finds Dipentaerythrityl Hexacaprylate/Hexacaprate in the ingredient lists of 9 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often night creams.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 3 · Australia 2 · United States 1 · Brazil 1.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Dipentaerythrityl Hexacaprylate/Hexacaprate 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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