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Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Galactoarabinan in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Galactoarabinan is a cosmetic ingredient that leaves a thin film on skin, hair or nails. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 46 products, most often sunscreen.

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What does Galactoarabinan do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Galactoarabinan leaves a thin film on skin, hair or nails. The EU’s CosIng database lists this job for it: film forming.

film forming

What other names and numbers does Galactoarabinan have?

CAS number
9036-66-2
EC number
232-910-0
CosIng reference
33968

Which products contain Galactoarabinan?

Open Beauty Facts finds Galactoarabinan in the ingredient lists of 46 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often sunscreen.

  • Sunscreen16

Products with it, by country of sale: Germany 15 · France 12 · Austria 3 · United States 3.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Galactoarabinan 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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