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What is Hydrogenated Palm Acid?

Opacifying

Hydrogenated Palm Acid is an opacifier that makes the product less see through.

This ingredient is listed in CosIng, the EU's cosmetic ingredient database. CosIng lists what it's used for as: Opacifying.

CosIng function classes are the EU's standard list of the jobs an ingredient does inside a product, such as moisturizing, emulsifying, or preserving.

Anything to watch out for?

Some products' ingredient lists mark this ingredient as below. If a mark's reason fits your skin, it is the ingredient to weigh in those products.

This is a fungal-acne trigger, one of the ingredients people with fungal acne avoid.
Marked this way on 4 products.
This ingredient is on pore-clogging ingredient lists, which matters most for skin that breaks out easily.
Marked this way on one product.

Each mark comes from matching the product's full ingredient list against lists for fragrance, labeled fragrance allergens, drying alcohols, essential oils, fungal acne, pore clogging, and pregnancy caution.

Which products feature it?

2 of the 2320 products we've checked feature this as a key ingredient. Products that disclose a concentration or list it near the top of the ingredient list come first.

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  • Key: Hydrogenated Palm Acid (#3 on the ingredient list), Potassium Hydroxide, Potassium Cocoyl Glycinate

    10 claims, summarized
    Don't count on:
    better hydration · better barrier support
    See each claim

    claims, checked

    • Pore impurity cleansing power & ultra-fine dust simulant cleansing power test completedpartly backed
    • Clean Moisture Deep Cleanser, Water Herb Foamoverstated
    • Experience clear and clean skin with a mildly alkaline, close-fitting deep cleanser that thoroughly cleans every nook and cranny of your skin, from ultra-fine dust* to pore impurities.overstated
    • Contains baking soda to cleanly remove pore impurities, unwanted dead skin cells, and sebum.overstated
    • The rich, dense moisture bubbles leave only the moisture your skin needs and rinse cleanly away.overstated
    • Contains 8 types of hyaluronic acid and an amino acid complex to care for the skin barrier after cleansing and provide tightly packed moisture.overstated
    • Sensitive skin peace-of-mind care & skin low-irritation test completed!overstated
    • Water herb grown in pristine Jeju is a plant with such excellent moisture retention that it overcomes dryness and grows even from rocks.no supporting source found
    • This is Abib's proprietary ingredient, which extracts water herb packed with moisture using high-purity hyaluronic acid, preserving the water herb itself.no supporting source found
    • The Beginning of Clear, Clean Skinnothing specific to check
  • Key: Hydrogenated Palm Acid (#3 on the ingredient list), Potassium Hydroxide, Capryloyl Salicylic Acid

    7 claims, summarized
    Don't count on:
    less visible pores
    See each claim

    claims, checked

    • Suiskin Cleansing Foam is weakly alkaline (pH 9.5-10.5) with the fresh energy of young sprouts, and helps you wash cleanly without any residue deep into the pores.partly backed
    • Oily·Combination Skin Foam That Cleanses Thoroughly into Poresoverstated
    • It is a daily cleansing foam for oily skin that cares for the skin congested by enlarged pores and excessive oil in a fresh and cooling way.overstated
    • With a young sprout foam that thoroughly removes sebum and impurities while keeping moisture, feel the moment when even your mood becomes refreshed after cleansing!overstated
    • Not only deep cleansing but also blackhead improvementoverstated
    • Hwahae x Suiskin joint developmentno supporting source found
    • Hwahae No. 1 Cleansing Foamno supporting source found