What does Hydrogenated castor oil stearyl esters do?

Used in cosmetics as a skin-conditioning agent, a hair conditioner and an emulsion stabiliser. Hydrogenated Castor Oil Stearyl Esters is the hydrogenation product of the esters formed by the reaction of castor oil and stearyl alcohol.

Is Hydrogenated castor oil stearyl esters safe?

We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet. It is listed for cosmetic use in the EU.

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Hydrogenated castor oil stearyl esters

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Hydrogenated castor oil stearyl esters in plain language

What it does: Used in cosmetics as a skin-conditioning agent, a hair conditioner and an emulsion stabiliser. Hydrogenated Castor Oil Stearyl Esters is the hydrogenation product of the esters formed by the reaction of castor oil and stearyl alcohol.
Skin conditioning
Hair conditioning
Emulsion stabilising
Is it a concern?: We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet. It is listed for cosmetic use in the EU.

What we know about this ingredient

Canonical ingredient record built from 1 public-source records.

Regulation

No restrictions found. Hydrogenated castor oil stearyl esters appears in these published regulatory listings.

EUCosIngActiveHydrogenated Castor Oil Stearyl Esters is the hydrogenation product of the esters formed by the reaction of castor oil and stearyl alcohol
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Expert safety opinions

No expert opinion on file for Hydrogenated castor oil stearyl esters. 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 Hydrogenated castor oil stearyl esters yet. This record is compiled from the published data sources below — registries and regulatory listings, not study findings.

1 data source

Where this comes from

CosIng
regulatory · updated 2026-09-23
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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.