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Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Tridecyl Stearate in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Tridecyl Stearate is a cosmetic ingredient that softens and smooths the skin. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 7 products, most often night creams.

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What does Tridecyl Stearate do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Tridecyl Stearate softens and smooths the skin, and keeps the skin in good condition. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: emollient and skin conditioning.

emollientskin conditioning

What other names and numbers does Tridecyl Stearate have?

CAS number
31556-45-3
EC number
250-696-7
CosIng reference
38697

Which products contain Tridecyl Stearate?

Open Beauty Facts finds Tridecyl Stearate in the ingredient lists of 7 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often night creams.

  • Night creams1

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 2 · Australia 2 · France 1 · Brazil 1.

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

On these listsEmollients

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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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