Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Methyl Dihydroabietate in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Methyl Dihydroabietate is a cosmetic ingredient that makes the product thicker or thinner. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 6 products, most often sunscreen.

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What does Methyl Dihydroabietate do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Methyl Dihydroabietate makes the product thicker or thinner. The EU’s CosIng database lists this job for it: viscosity controlling.

viscosity controlling

What other names and numbers does Methyl Dihydroabietate have?

CAS number
67893-02-1
EC number
267-605-1
CosIng reference
35287

Which products contain Methyl Dihydroabietate?

Open Beauty Facts finds Methyl Dihydroabietate in the ingredient lists of 6 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often sunscreen.

  • Sunscreen2

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 5 · Mexico 1.

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