Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Panthenyl Ethyl Ether in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Panthenyl Ethyl Ether is a cosmetic ingredient that makes hair easier to comb, softer or shinier. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 85 products, most often shampoos.

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What does Panthenyl Ethyl Ether do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Panthenyl Ethyl Ether makes hair easier to comb, softer or shinier and reduces static, so hair stays flat. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: hair conditioning and antistatic.

hair conditioningantistatic

What other names and numbers does Panthenyl Ethyl Ether have?

CAS number
667-83-4
EC number
211-569-1
CosIng reference
35840

Which products contain Panthenyl Ethyl Ether?

Open Beauty Facts finds Panthenyl Ethyl Ether in the ingredient lists of 85 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often shampoos, hair care and hair conditioners.

  • Shampoos18
  • Hair care17
  • Hair conditioners4

Products with it, by country of sale: Australia 21 · United States 15 · France 11 · Germany 8.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Panthenyl Ethyl Ether 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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