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Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Sorbitan Olivate in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Sorbitan Olivate is a cosmetic ingredient that keeps oil and water mixed. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 128 products, most often sunscreen.

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What does Sorbitan Olivate do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Sorbitan Olivate keeps oil and water mixed. The EU’s CosIng database lists this job for it: emulsifying.

emulsifying

What other names and numbers does Sorbitan Olivate have?

CAS number
223706-40-9
CosIng reference
38182

Which products contain Sorbitan Olivate?

Open Beauty Facts finds Sorbitan Olivate in the ingredient lists of 128 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often sunscreen, facial creams and face care.

  • Sunscreen13
  • Facial creams9
  • Face care7

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 30 · France 17 · Australia 14 · Germany 11.

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

On these listsEmulsifiers

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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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