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What is PEG-6 Caprylic/Capric Glycerides?

Surfactant, emulsifying

PEG-6 Caprylic/Capric Glycerides is an emulsifier that mixes oil and water into one texture.

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

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 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?

One of the 2320 products we've checked features this as a key ingredient.

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  • Product photo of Gel To Water Cleanser

    LAGOM

    Gel To Water Cleanser

    Key: PEG-6 Caprylic/Capric Glycerides (#3 on the ingredient list), Urea, Sapindus Mukorossi Fruit Extract

    Official (Korean)
    13 claims, summarized
    Only partly backed:
    better hydration
    Tests passed:
    hypoallergenic · skin irritation
    See each claim

    claims, checked

    • A gel type morning cleanserbacked by evidence
    • Texture: a bouncy gel texture, colourless and transparent.backed by evidence
    • A bubble-free gel cleanser containing 85% skincare ingredientspartly backed
    • Main functions: ultra sensitive | moisture carepartly backed
    • Recommended type & texture: dry skinpartly backed
    • A gel to water type morning moisturising cleanserpartly backed
    • It has completed a low irritation test too, so it will be no burden to use every morning.partly backed
    • Test result: judged non-irritating in a 24-hour/48-hour patch testpartly backed
    • Note: it is also good as a first wash for light face makeup or sunscreen. However, for point makeup such as mascara, please use a dedicated remover.partly backed
    • A moisture filling morning cleanseroverstated
    • Fragrance: close to fragrance free.overstated
    • 85% skincare ingredientsno supporting source found
    • 99% pore impurity cleansingno supporting source found