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Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Polyglycerin-3 in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Polyglycerin-3 is a cosmetic ingredient that holds water in the skin or the product. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 34 products, most often sunscreen.

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What does Polyglycerin-3 do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Polyglycerin-3 holds water in the skin or the product. The EU’s CosIng database lists this job for it: humectant.

humectant

What other names and numbers does Polyglycerin-3 have?

CAS number
56090-54-1
EC number
259-986-8
CosIng reference
36714

Which products contain Polyglycerin-3?

Open Beauty Facts finds Polyglycerin-3 in the ingredient lists of 34 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often sunscreen, face care and facial creams.

  • Sunscreen5
  • Face care4
  • Facial creams3

Products with it, by country of sale: France 11 · United States 7 · Sweden 3 · Germany 3.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Polyglycerin-3 turns up, not how much of the market it is.

On these listsHumectants

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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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