Ethylhexylglycerin: version 1

Saved 2026-09-27 04:36 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by discover: New page for CeraVe Moisturizing Cream 453 g (3606000537668), the L'Oréal-era US jar named by family/cerave-moisturizing-cream. Identity, ingredients (24 INCI rows), claims, the US name line and count. This is the current version.

Source of v1

# Ethylhexylglycerin <!--ingredient-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Ethylhexylglycerin
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name           | type | locale | from | until |
| -------------- | ---- | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Octoxyglycerin | name | en     |      |       |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref      | url                                                                       | title                                                               | accessed   | publisher         | kind        | published  | record_id     | locator    | licence      | attribution                    | upstream |
| -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ----------------- | ----------- | ---------- | ------------- | ---------- | ------------ | ------------------------------ | -------- |
| wiki-ehg | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethylhexylglycerin                          | Ethylhexylglycerin, Wikipedia                                       | 2026-09-27 | Wikipedia         | publication |            |               | Lead       | CC BY-SA 4.0 |                                |          |
| off-back | https://images.openbeautyfacts.org/images/products/360/600/053/7668/3.jpg | Back panel of the 453 g jar with barcode, ingredients and name line | 2026-09-27 | Open Beauty Facts | pack        | 2022-01-13 | 3606000537668 | Back panel | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Open Beauty Facts contributors |          |
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## About <!--about-->
Ethylhexylglycerin, also called octoxyglycerin, is a glyceryl ether used as part of the preservative system in cosmetics, commonly combined with phenoxyethanol at a ratio of 1 to 9.[^wiki-ehg] It is the last ingredient on the back of the 453 g jar of CeraVe Moisturizing Cream sold under barcode 3606000537668, which also lists phenoxyethanol.[^off-back]
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