Cosmetic ingredient dictionary
PEG-150 Pentaerythrityl Tetrastearate in cosmetics: what it is and what it does
PEG-150 Pentaerythrityl Tetrastearate is a cosmetic ingredient that keeps oil and water mixed. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 110 products, most often shampoos.
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What does PEG-150 Pentaerythrityl Tetrastearate do in a product?
In a cosmetic product, PEG-150 Pentaerythrityl Tetrastearate keeps oil and water mixed. The EU’s CosIng database lists this job for it: emulsifying.
What other names and numbers does PEG-150 Pentaerythrityl Tetrastearate have?
- CosIng reference
- 77719
Which products contain PEG-150 Pentaerythrityl Tetrastearate?
Open Beauty Facts finds PEG-150 Pentaerythrityl Tetrastearate in the ingredient lists of 110 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often shampoos, shower gels and hair care.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 29 · United States 26 · Norway 11 · Australia 11.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where PEG-150 Pentaerythrityl Tetrastearate 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’.
- European Commission: CosIng cosmetic ingredient database (functions, description, EU annex entry)
- Open Beauty Facts: product database, 77,506 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
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