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Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Mandelic Acid in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Mandelic Acid is a cosmetic ingredient that slows the growth of microbes on the skin. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 21 products, most often deodorants.

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What does Mandelic Acid do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Mandelic Acid slows the growth of microbes on the skin. The EU’s CosIng database lists this job for it: antimicrobial.

antimicrobial

What other names and numbers does Mandelic Acid have?

CAS number
90-64-2
EC number
202-007-6
CosIng reference
35152

Which products contain Mandelic Acid?

Open Beauty Facts finds Mandelic Acid in the ingredient lists of 21 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often deodorants, face scrubs and skincare.

  • Deodorants4
  • Face scrubs1
  • Skincare1

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 12 · Canada 2 · Germany 2 · Italy 1.

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