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Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Erythritol in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Erythritol is a cosmetic ingredient that holds water in the skin or the product. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 62 products, most often toothpastes.

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What does Erythritol do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Erythritol holds water in the skin or the product, moisturises the skin and keeps the skin in good condition. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: humectant, moisturising and skin conditioning.

humectantmoisturisingskin conditioning

What other names and numbers does Erythritol have?

CAS number
7541-59-5, 149-32-6
EC number
231-418-3, 205-737-3
CosIng reference
33792

Which products contain Erythritol?

Open Beauty Facts finds Erythritol in the ingredient lists of 62 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often toothpastes and skincare.

  • Toothpastes10
  • Skincare3

Products with it, by country of sale: France 18 · United States 18 · Germany 5 · Singapore 5.

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

On these listsHumectants

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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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