Cosmetic ingredient dictionary
Isopropyl Palmitate in cosmetics: what it is and what it does
Isopropyl Palmitate is a cosmetic ingredient that softens and smooths the skin. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 674 products, most often body care.
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What does Isopropyl Palmitate do in a product?
In a cosmetic product, Isopropyl Palmitate softens and smooths the skin, adds scent, and hides an unwanted smell or taste. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: emollient, perfuming, masking and binding.
What other names and numbers does Isopropyl Palmitate have?
- CAS number
- 142-91-6
- EC number
- 205-571-1
- CosIng reference
- 77732
Which products contain Isopropyl Palmitate?
Open Beauty Facts finds Isopropyl Palmitate in the ingredient lists of 674 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often body care, sunscreen and deodorants.
Products with it, by country of sale: Germany 152 · France 113 · United States 80 · Australia 45.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Isopropyl Palmitate 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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