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Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Madecassoside in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Madecassoside is a cosmetic ingredient that stops the product reacting with oxygen and going off. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 24 products, most often skincare.

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What does Madecassoside do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Madecassoside stops the product reacting with oxygen and going off, and keeps the skin in good condition. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: antioxidant and skin conditioning.

antioxidantskin conditioning

What other names and numbers does Madecassoside have?

CAS number
34540-22-2
EC number
252-076-1
CosIng reference
57487

Which products contain Madecassoside?

Open Beauty Facts finds Madecassoside in the ingredient lists of 24 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often skincare and hair conditioners.

  • Skincare1
  • Hair conditioners1

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 5 · France 5 · Netherlands 4 · Morocco 3.

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

On these listsAntioxidants

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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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