Ingredient · INCI listed
Octocrylene
A chemical UV filter valued mainly for stabilizing avobenzone and adding water resistance. A supporting filter rather than a primary one.
Data summary
Products containing
48
Most common in
43 products
sunscreens
Typical pairing
Avobenzone
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In the catalog
Octocrylene by the numbers.
Octocrylene appears in 50 products across the DermFND catalog, and it's strongly concentrated in sunscreens — 44 products, 88% of where it shows up. Formulations carrying it score 68/100 on average (above the catalog norm); the strongest is Bondi Sands Fragrance Free Face Sunscreen Lotion SPF 50+ at 84/100.
Of those, 5 products score 80 or higher in our analysis. It co-occurs most with Avobenzone (47 shared formulas) and Homosalate (33 shared formulas). The median price of a octocrylene product here is $16.
Where it shows up
