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Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

PEG-20 Methyl Glucose Sesquistearate in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

PEG-20 Methyl Glucose Sesquistearate is a cosmetic ingredient that keeps oil and water mixed. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 24 products, most often facial creams.

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What does PEG-20 Methyl Glucose Sesquistearate do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, PEG-20 Methyl Glucose Sesquistearate keeps oil and water mixed. The EU’s CosIng database lists this job for it: emulsifying.

emulsifying

What other names and numbers does PEG-20 Methyl Glucose Sesquistearate have?

CAS number
68389-70-8
CosIng reference
78048

Which products contain PEG-20 Methyl Glucose Sesquistearate?

Open Beauty Facts finds PEG-20 Methyl Glucose Sesquistearate in the ingredient lists of 24 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often facial creams, anti-ageing face care and body lotion.

  • Facial creams4
  • Anti-ageing face care2
  • Body lotion2
  • Skin cream2
  • Body care2
  • Body creams2

Products with it, by country of sale: France 8 · United States 4 · Brazil 2 · Australia 2.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where PEG-20 Methyl Glucose Sesquistearate turns up, not how much of the market it is.

On these listsEmulsifiers

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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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