What does Hydrogenated olive oil cetyl esters do?

Used in cosmetics as a hair conditioner, an emulsion stabiliser and a film former. Hydrogenated Olive Oil Cetyl Esters is a complex mixture of esters produced by the reaction of cetyl alcohol and Hydrogenated Olive Oil.

Is Hydrogenated olive oil cetyl 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 olive oil cetyl esters

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Hydrogenated olive oil cetyl esters in plain language

What it does: Used in cosmetics as a hair conditioner, an emulsion stabiliser and a film former. Hydrogenated Olive Oil Cetyl Esters is a complex mixture of esters produced by the reaction of cetyl alcohol and Hydrogenated Olive Oil.
Hair conditioning
Emulsion stabilising
Film forming
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 olive oil cetyl esters appears in these published regulatory listings.

EUCosIngActiveHydrogenated Olive Oil Cetyl Esters is a complex mixture of esters produced by the reaction of cetyl alcohol and Hydrogenated Olive Oil
- Hydrogenated Olive Oil Cetyl Esters is a complex mixture of esters produced by the reaction of cetyl alcohol and Hydrogenated Olive OilSource →

Expert safety opinions

No expert opinion on file for Hydrogenated olive oil cetyl 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 olive oil cetyl 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.