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Triacetin

Our database includes 61 products that contain Triacetin.

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Explained

Triacetin comes from glycerin and acetic acid. It has antimicrobial properties.

Due to its ability to kill off microorganisms, it can help reduce odor caused by bacteria. Hence, it is a masking ingredient.

Triacetin is a rare cosmetic ingredient, with about 0.1% of the products in our database containing it.

What it does:

Antimicrobial, Masking, Solvent

Where it's used

Triacetin is most often found as ingredient number 31 within an ingredient list.

These are the categories of products that use Triacetin the most:

CosIng Data

  • CosIng ID: 38645
  • INCI Name: TRIACETIN
  • INN Name: triacetin
  • EC #:  203-051-9
  • Ph. Eur. Name: glyceroli triacetas
  • All Functions: Antimicrobial, Film Forming, Masking, Plasti CI Ser, Solvent
What is CosIng?

CosIng is the European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients.

SkinSort uses CosIng to source some of it's data on ingredient names and functions.