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Polyglyceryl-6 Caprylate
Polyglyceryl-6 CaprylateBarrier
A mild cleansing and mixing agent — lifts oils and helps oily ingredients dissolve into water-based formulas.
What it does
It gently lifts away oils and helps oily ingredients dissolve into water-based products. It’s made from glycerin and caprylic acid, a fatty acid.
The evidence, graded
expert consensusUS safety reviewers (2023) assessed 274 polyglyceryl fatty acid esters: chains of 2 to 20 glycerin units capped with fatty acids. Their index lists polyglyceryl-6 stearate, -10 laurate, -3 diisostearate, -10 stearate, -2 triisostearate, -2 diisostearate, -6 behenate, -4 caprate and -6 caprylate under that report. Most are used to condition skin or as surfactants. They judged them safe as used, in products made not to irritate.Fiume 2023 · International Journal of Toxicology ↗
Graded per the methodology: strong · moderate · emerging · expert consensus. A weak source on a strong claim gets the weaker label.
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