Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride: version 1

Saved 2026-09-26 06:22 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by discover: Added Vaseline Lip Therapy Cocoa Lipstick 4 g (08711600353091), named by family/vaseline-lip-therapy. Identity, size and full INCI ingredient statement from the Wayback capture (10 June 2026) of Vasel. Current is v2.

Changes from v1 to current

1	1		# Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride <!--ingredient-->
2	2
3	3		## Identity <!--identity-->
4	4		name: Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
	5	+	parent: ingredient/medium-chain-triglycerides
5	6		<!--/identity-->
6	7
	8	+	## Relations <!--relations-->
	9	+	\| role \| target \| market \| from \| until \| ended \| status \| source \| note \|
	10	+	\| ------------ \| ------------------------------------- \| ------ \| ---- \| ----- \| ----- \| -------- \| ------------ \| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \|
	11	+	\| is_a \| ingredient/medium-chain-triglycerides \| \| \| \| \| verified \| ^incidecoder \| CosIng describes it as mixed decanoyl and octanoyl glycerides; Wikipedia defines MCTs as triglycerides with 6 to 12 carbon tails \|
	12	+	\| derived_from \| ingredient/coconut-oil \| \| \| \| \| sourced \| ^incidecoder \| INCIDecoder says it comes from coconut oil and glycerin \|
	13	+	\| derived_from \| ingredient/glycerol \| \| \| \| \| sourced \| ^incidecoder \| the glycerin backbone of the ester (CosIng: ester with 1,2,3-propanetriol) \|
	14	+	<!--/relations-->
	15	+
	16	+	## Aliases <!--aliases-->
	17	+	\| name \| type \| locale \| from \| until \|
	18	+	\| --------------------------------------- \| ------ \| ------ \| ---- \| ----- \|
	19	+	\| Caprylic Capric Triglyceride \| search \| en \| \| \|
	20	+	\| Glycerides, mixed decanoyl and octanoyl \| search \| en \| \| \|
	21	+	<!--/aliases-->
	22	+
7	23		## References <!--references-->
8		−	\| ref \| url \| title \| accessed \| publisher \| kind \| published \| record_id \| locator \| licence \| attribution \| upstream \|
9		−	\| ----- \| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- \| ---------- \| ---------------------- \| ------------ \| ---------- \| -------------- \| ----------------- \| ------- \| ----------- \| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \|
10		−	\| vasuk \| https://web.archive.org/web/20260610131624/https://www.vaseline.com/uk/p/vaseline-lip-therapy-cocoa-lipstick.html/08711600353091 \| Vaseline® Lip Therapy® Cocoa Lipstick (Vaseline UK, Wayback Machine capture) \| 2026-09-26 \| Unilever (Vaseline UK) \| manufacturer \| 2026-06-10 \| 08711600353091 \| Size; Ingredients \| \| \| https://www.vaseline.com/uk/p/vaseline-lip-therapy-cocoa-lipstick.html/08711600353091 \|
	24	+	\| ref \| url \| title \| accessed \| publisher \| kind \| published \| record_id \| locator \| licence \| attribution \| upstream \|
	25	+	\| ----------- \| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- \| ---------- \| ---------------------- \| ------------ \| ---------- \| -------------- \| -------------------------------------------------- \| ------------ \| ---------------------- \| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \|
	26	+	\| vasuk \| https://web.archive.org/web/20260610131624/https://www.vaseline.com/uk/p/vaseline-lip-therapy-cocoa-lipstick.html/08711600353091 \| Vaseline® Lip Therapy® Cocoa Lipstick (Vaseline UK, Wayback Machine capture) \| 2026-09-26 \| Unilever (Vaseline UK) \| manufacturer \| 2026-06-10 \| 08711600353091 \| Size; Ingredients \| \| \| https://www.vaseline.com/uk/p/vaseline-lip-therapy-cocoa-lipstick.html/08711600353091 \|
	27	+	\| incidecoder \| https://incidecoder.com/ingredients/caprylic-capric-triglyceride \| Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride (Explained + Products) \| 2026-09-26 \| INCIDecoder \| publication \| \| \| What-it-does; Official CosIng Information; Details \| \| \| EU CosIng \|
	28	+	\| wiki-mct \| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium-chain_triglyceride \| Wikipedia: Medium-chain triglyceride \| 2026-09-26 \| Wikipedia \| publication \| \| \| lede; Sources of MCTs \| cc-by-sa-4.0 \| Wikipedia contributors \| \|
11	29		<!--/references-->
12	30
13	31		## About <!--about-->
14		−	Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride is the INCI name printed second in the ingredient statement of the Vaseline Lip Therapy Cocoa Lipstick, after octyldodecanol, on Vaseline's UK product page.[^vasuk]
	32	+	Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride is the INCI name of a medium-chain triglyceride, a mixed ester of glycerol with caprylic (octanoic, C8) and capric (decanoic, C10) acids, used in cosmetics as an emollient that leaves the skin feeling smooth.[^incidecoder][^wiki-mct] The EU CosIng inventory lists it under CAS numbers 73398-61-5 and 65381-09-1 and EC numbers 277-452-2 and 265-724-3, with the functions masking, perfuming and skin conditioning.[^incidecoder] It is made from coconut oil and glycerin and is a clear, odourless, light, non-greasy liquid.[^incidecoder] Medium-chain triglycerides are triglycerides whose fatty acids have tails of 6 to 12 carbon atoms, and are separated from palm kernel and coconut oil by fractionation or made by interesterification.[^wiki-mct]
	33	+
	34	+	Vaseline's UK site prints it second in the ingredient statement of the Lip Therapy Cocoa Lipstick, after octyldodecanol.[^vasuk]
15	35		<!--/about-->

Source of v1

# Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride <!--ingredient-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
<!--/identity-->

## References <!--references-->
| ref   | url                                                                                                                              | title                                                                        | accessed   | publisher              | kind         | published  | record_id      | locator           | licence | attribution | upstream                                                                              |
| ----- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ---------------------- | ------------ | ---------- | -------------- | ----------------- | ------- | ----------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| vasuk | https://web.archive.org/web/20260610131624/https://www.vaseline.com/uk/p/vaseline-lip-therapy-cocoa-lipstick.html/08711600353091 | Vaseline® Lip Therapy® Cocoa Lipstick (Vaseline UK, Wayback Machine capture) | 2026-09-26 | Unilever (Vaseline UK) | manufacturer | 2026-06-10 | 08711600353091 | Size; Ingredients |         |             | https://www.vaseline.com/uk/p/vaseline-lip-therapy-cocoa-lipstick.html/08711600353091 |
<!--/references-->

## About <!--about-->
Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride is the INCI name printed second in the ingredient statement of the Vaseline Lip Therapy Cocoa Lipstick, after octyldodecanol, on Vaseline's UK product page.[^vasuk]
<!--/about-->