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Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

PEG-120 Methyl Glucose Dioleate in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

PEG-120 Methyl Glucose Dioleate is a cosmetic ingredient that keeps oil and water mixed. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 154 products, most often shampoos.

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What does PEG-120 Methyl Glucose Dioleate do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, PEG-120 Methyl Glucose Dioleate keeps oil and water mixed. The EU’s CosIng database lists this job for it: emulsifying.

emulsifying

What other names and numbers does PEG-120 Methyl Glucose Dioleate have?

CAS number
86893-19-8
CosIng reference
77545

Which products contain PEG-120 Methyl Glucose Dioleate?

Open Beauty Facts finds PEG-120 Methyl Glucose Dioleate in the ingredient lists of 154 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often shampoos, hair care and soaps.

  • Shampoos28
  • Hair care18
  • Soaps10
  • Bath and shower10

Products with it, by country of sale: France 48 · United States 27 · Germany 17 · Australia 10.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where PEG-120 Methyl Glucose Dioleate 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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