What is Polyglyceryl-3 Cocoate?
Surfactant, emulsifying
Polyglyceryl-3 Cocoate 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 is a fungal-acne trigger, one of the ingredients people with fungal acne avoid.
- Marked this way on 9 products.
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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Key: Polyglyceryl-3 Cocoate (#9 on the ingredient list), Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate, Polyglyceryl-6 Ricinoleate
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Cautions 1) If, during or after use of the cosmetic, abnormal symptoms or side effects such as red spots, swelling or itching occur on the area of use due to direct sunlight, consult a specialist or similar 2) Refrain from use on wounded areas and the like 3) Cautions for storage and handling a) Store out of the reach of children b) Store away from direct sunlight
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