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Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Phytic Acid in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Phytic Acid is a cosmetic ingredient that binds metals in water so the product stays stable. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 84 products, most often shampoos.

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What does Phytic Acid do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Phytic Acid binds metals in water so the product stays stable. The EU’s CosIng database lists this job for it: chelating.

chelating

What other names and numbers does Phytic Acid have?

CAS number
83-86-3
EC number
201-506-6
CosIng reference
36555

Which products contain Phytic Acid?

Open Beauty Facts finds Phytic Acid in the ingredient lists of 84 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often shampoos, hair care and soaps.

  • Shampoos13
  • Hair care8
  • Soaps8
  • Face care4

Products with it, by country of sale: France 44 · Germany 14 · United States 6 · Spain 3.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Phytic Acid 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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