Skip to content

GREENVEIL

  • beauty
  • cleaning

Decyl glucoside

CAS 54549-25-6

Also registered as 3 other CAS numbers

58846-77-8 · 68515-73-1 · 141464-42-8

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Decyl glucoside in plain language

What it is

Also known as Decyl beta-D-glucopyranoside · Decyl D-Glucoside · N-Decyl glucoside

What it does

Used in cosmetics as a cleansing agent and an emulsion stabiliser. Decyl Glucoside is the product obtained from the condensation of decyl alcohol with glucose.

  • Cleansing
  • Emulsion stabilising
  • Surfactant
  • Cleaning agent
Is it a concern?
We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet. It is listed for cosmetic use in the EU.

Regulation

No restrictions found. Decyl glucoside appears in these published regulatory listings.

Recorded in these product areas

  • Found in consumer products
  • Beauty
  • Cleaning
  • EUCosIngActiveDecyl Glucoside is the product obtained from the condensation of decyl alcohol with glucose
    • Decyl Glucoside is the product obtained from the condensation of decyl alcohol with glucoseSource →
  • USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 1243 composition records across product categories including Personal care, Cleaning products and household care, Home maintenance. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Surfactant (surface active agent), Cleaning agent.
    • EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 1243 composition records across product categories including Personal care, Cleaning products and household care, Home maintenance. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Surfactant (surface active agent), Cleaning agent.Source →

Expert safety opinions

No expert opinion on file for Decyl glucoside. These are the independent scientific bodies that assess ingredients like this one; we show an opinion only when a record we hold cites it.

  • SCCS

    EU Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety

    No SCCS opinion on file.

  • CIR

    Cosmetic Ingredient Review (US expert panel)

    No CIR safety assessment on file.

Evidence & sources

No graded research studies for Decyl glucoside yet. This record is compiled from the published data sources below — registries and regulatory listings, not study findings.

2 data sources

Where this comes from

  • CosIng

    regulatory · updated 2026-09-23

    Open →

  • EPA Chemical and Products Database

    exposure · updated september 5, 2012

    Open →

Suitability

Context-specific fit derived from published classifications and the current ingredient evidence profile.

Fragrance avoidance

Nothing to weigh for this context yet.

No signal in this context

We have no published hazard signal for this ingredient, so we cannot say how it behaves in this context — that is missing evidence, not a clean result.

Where it has been recorded

How often EPA CPDat has listed Decyl glucoside in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

1,243

Named organisations

6

Personal careCleaning products and household careHome maintenance

Typical roles

CleansingEmulsion stabilisingSurfactantCleaning agent
See products using Decyl glucoside →

Catalog

Found in these products

Cosmetic and personal-care products that list Decyl glucoside are shown first. Their ingredient lists include Decyl glucoside; each product's own rating depends on its whole formula, so it is shown on the product page, not here.

See all 740 →Find products without it →