Cosmetic ingredient dictionary
Propanediol in cosmetics: what it is and what it does
Propanediol is a cosmetic ingredient that makes the product thicker or thinner. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 758 products, most often sunscreen.
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What does Propanediol do in a product?
In a cosmetic product, Propanediol makes the product thicker or thinner and dissolves other ingredients. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: viscosity controlling and solvent.
What other names and numbers does Propanediol have?
- CAS number
- 504-63-2, 26264-14-2
- EC number
- 207-997-3
- CosIng reference
- 58392
Which products contain Propanediol?
Open Beauty Facts finds Propanediol in the ingredient lists of 758 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often sunscreen, hair care and face care.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 177 · United States 141 · Germany 66 · Spain 61.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Propanediol 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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