Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Triacontanyl PVP in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Triacontanyl PVP is a cosmetic ingredient that holds water in the skin or the product. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 44 products, most often sunscreen.

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What does Triacontanyl PVP do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Triacontanyl PVP holds water in the skin or the product, makes the product thicker or thinner and leaves a thin film on skin, hair or nails. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: humectant, viscosity controlling and film forming.

humectantviscosity controllingfilm forming

What other names and numbers does Triacontanyl PVP have?

CAS number
136445-69-7
CosIng reference
82232

Which products contain Triacontanyl PVP?

Open Beauty Facts finds Triacontanyl PVP in the ingredient lists of 44 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often sunscreen and hair care.

  • Sunscreen20
  • Hair care1

Products with it, by country of sale: France 13 · Germany 12 · Spain 5 · Austria 4.

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