Cosmetic ingredient dictionary
Glyceryl Undecylenate in cosmetics: what it is and what it does
Glyceryl Undecylenate is a cosmetic ingredient that softens and smooths the skin. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 55 products, most often shampoos.
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What does Glyceryl Undecylenate do in a product?
In a cosmetic product, Glyceryl Undecylenate softens and smooths the skin, keeps oil and water mixed, and keeps the skin in good condition. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: emollient, emulsifying and skin conditioning.
What other names and numbers does Glyceryl Undecylenate have?
- CosIng reference
- 56331
Which products contain Glyceryl Undecylenate?
Open Beauty Facts finds Glyceryl Undecylenate in the ingredient lists of 55 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often shampoos, hair care and deodorants.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 16 · United States 13 · Germany 10 · Spain 4.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Glyceryl Undecylenate 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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