Cosmetic ingredient dictionary
Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate in cosmetics: what it is and what it does
Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate is a cosmetic ingredient that stops the product reacting with oxygen and going off. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 24 products, most often shaving.
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What does Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate do in a product?
In a cosmetic product, Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate stops the product reacting with oxygen and going off, and keeps the skin in good condition. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: antioxidant and skin conditioning.
What other names and numbers does Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate have?
- CAS number
- 183476-82-6, 1445760-15-5
- CosIng reference
- 80720
Which products contain Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate?
Open Beauty Facts finds Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate in the ingredient lists of 24 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often shaving, aftershaves and lip tint.
Products with it, by country of sale: United States 6 · Turkey 4 · Singapore 4 · France 3.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate 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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