Cosmetic ingredient dictionary
PEG/PPG-120/10 Trimethylolpropane Trioleate in cosmetics: what it is and what it does
PEG/PPG-120/10 Trimethylolpropane Trioleate is a cosmetic ingredient that makes the product thicker or thinner. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 14 products, most often shampoos.
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What does PEG/PPG-120/10 Trimethylolpropane Trioleate do in a product?
In a cosmetic product, PEG/PPG-120/10 Trimethylolpropane Trioleate makes the product thicker or thinner. The EU’s CosIng database lists this job for it: viscosity controlling.
What is PEG/PPG-120/10 Trimethylolpropane Trioleate?
PEG/PPG-120/10 Trimethylolpropane Trioleate is the triester of Oleic Acid and an alkoxylated derivative of Trimethylolpropane containing an average of 120 moles ethylene oxide and 10 moles of propylene oxide; 2-Ethyl-2-hydroxymethyl-1,3-propanediol, ethoxylated, prpoxylated, tris(9(Z)-octadecenoate (120 mol EO, 10 mol PO average molar ratio).
- CosIng reference
- 83521
Which products contain PEG/PPG-120/10 Trimethylolpropane Trioleate?
Open Beauty Facts finds PEG/PPG-120/10 Trimethylolpropane Trioleate in the ingredient lists of 14 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often shampoos, hair care and anti-dandruff shampoos.
Products with it, by country of sale: Turkey 8 · France 3 · Türkiye 2 · United Kingdom 1.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where PEG/PPG-120/10 Trimethylolpropane Trioleate 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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