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Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

PEG-6 Caprylic/Capric Glycerides in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

PEG-6 Caprylic/Capric Glycerides is a cosmetic ingredient that keeps oil and water mixed. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 97 products, most often micellar water.

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What does PEG-6 Caprylic/Capric Glycerides do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, PEG-6 Caprylic/Capric Glycerides keeps oil and water mixed. The EU’s CosIng database lists this job for it: emulsifying.

emulsifying

What other names and numbers does PEG-6 Caprylic/Capric Glycerides have?

CosIng reference
77121

Which products contain PEG-6 Caprylic/Capric Glycerides?

Open Beauty Facts finds PEG-6 Caprylic/Capric Glycerides in the ingredient lists of 97 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often micellar water, bath and shower and cleansing waters.

  • Micellar water10
  • Bath and shower8
  • Cleansing waters8
  • Shampoos6

Products with it, by country of sale: France 36 · United States 19 · Morocco 8 · Germany 5.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where PEG-6 Caprylic/Capric Glycerides 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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