Dehydroacetic Acid
Dehydroacetic Acid is a preservative ingredient. It’s in 176 products on Poliage, most often shampoo, conditioner and eye cream. Avoid lists on Poliage that include it: none.
Updated October 22, 2026
In plain English
A synthetic preservative effective against mold and yeast.
What it does
Contains Dehydroacetic Acid: preservative
Function listed in CosIng
Source: CosIng, the European Commission cosmetic ingredient database, ref 33185, accessed October 22, 2026.
Products that contain Dehydroacetic Acid
Frank Body
Original Face Scrub
Exfoliant · Lists fragrance allergens, coconut derivatives
Bulldog
Original Hand Cream
Lists fragrance, fragrance allergens
Naturopathica
Pear & Fig Polishing Enzyme Peel
Exfoliant · Lists fragrance allergens, drying alcohol, exfoliating acid, essential oils
The INKEY List
Peptide Moisturizer
Moisturizer · Lists fragrance allergens
Kenra Professional
Perfect Blowout 5
Hair styling · Lists fragrance, fragrance allergens, silicones
Caudalie
Pore Minimizing Instant Detox Mask - Travel Size
Mask · Lists fragrance allergens, drying alcohol, exfoliating acid, essential oils
Hello Bello
Premium Baby Shampoo & Wash
Lists coconut derivatives
Fenty Beauty
Pro Filt’r Soft Matte Longwear Foundation
Foundation · Lists fragrance, silicones
Laura Mercier
Real Flawless Feather Matte Powder Foundation
Foundation · Lists silicones
Lacura
Reinigungsmilch Classic
Lists fragrance, fragrance allergens, sulfates
The INKEY List
Retinol Eye Cream
Eye cream · Lists fragrance allergens, retinoid, coconut derivatives
The INKEY List
Salicylic Acid Cleanser
Cleanser · Lists fragrance allergens, exfoliating acid, salicylic acid, coconut derivatives
VitaminSea.beauty
Sea Minerals + Collagen Facial Cleanser
Lists fragrance, fragrance allergens, sulfates, coconut derivatives
Unilever
Simple Skinkind Regime Selection
Lists sulfates, coconut derivatives
Sukin
SKIN RELIEF CREAM CLEANSER
Cleanser · Lists fragrance allergens
Kenra Professional
Smoothing Blowout Lotion 14
Hair styling · Lists fragrance, fragrance allergens, silicones
Kristin Ess
Softening Conditioner
Conditioner · Lists fragrance, fragrance allergens, drying alcohol, silicones
Bulldog
Soin Hydratant Peau Sensible Baobab Avoine Epilobe
None of Poliage’s flag groups listed
The Ordinary
Soothing & Barrier Support Serum
Serum · Lists fragrance allergens
PRAVANA
Split End Mender
Hair styling · Lists fragrance, fragrance allergens, silicones, coconut derivatives
100% Pure
Strawberry Brightening Scrub
Exfoliant · Lists fragrance allergens, exfoliating acid
Tree Hut
Strawberry Lip Oil
Lip · Lists fragrance, fragrance allergens
Murad
Sulfur Mask for Acne
Mask · Lists exfoliating acid, essential oils, salicylic acid, coconut derivatives
Colorescience
Sunforgettable Total Protection Face Shield Classic SPF 50
Sunscreen · Lists silicones
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