Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Dipentaerythrityl Tetrahydroxystearate/Tetraisostearate in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Dipentaerythrityl Tetrahydroxystearate/Tetraisostearate is a cosmetic ingredient that keeps the skin in good condition. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 31 products, most often face makeup.

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What does Dipentaerythrityl Tetrahydroxystearate/Tetraisostearate do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Dipentaerythrityl Tetrahydroxystearate/Tetraisostearate keeps the skin in good condition and makes the product thicker or thinner. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: skin conditioning and viscosity controlling.

skin conditioningviscosity controlling

What other names and numbers does Dipentaerythrityl Tetrahydroxystearate/Tetraisostearate have?

CosIng reference
55962

Which products contain Dipentaerythrityl Tetrahydroxystearate/Tetraisostearate?

Open Beauty Facts finds Dipentaerythrityl Tetrahydroxystearate/Tetraisostearate in the ingredient lists of 31 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often face makeup, foundations and makeup.

  • Face makeup21
  • Foundations20
  • Makeup1

Products with it, by country of sale: Mexico 20 · Norway 5 · Australia 3 · United States 2.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Dipentaerythrityl Tetrahydroxystearate/Tetraisostearate 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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