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Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Phytosterols in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Phytosterols is a cosmetic ingredient that keeps the skin in good condition. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 21 products, most often body care.

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What does Phytosterols do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Phytosterols keeps the skin in good condition. The EU’s CosIng database lists this job for it: skin conditioning.

skin conditioning

What is Phytosterols?

Phytosterols is a complex mixture of sterols isolated from the higher plants.

CosIng reference
59386

Which products contain Phytosterols?

Open Beauty Facts finds Phytosterols in the ingredient lists of 21 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often body care, hand creams and face care.

  • Body care3
  • Hand creams2
  • Face care1
  • Face masks1

Products with it, by country of sale: France 6 · United States 4 · Italy 2 · Switzerland 2.

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