Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
Emollient · INCI: Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
Reviewed by Elysiana Aguilar, master esthetician
How we read it
Not a pore-clogger. Considered safe for acne-prone skin.
Is Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride comedogenic?
No. Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride isn't considered pore-clogging, and we read it as safe to use on acne-prone skin. That doesn't make it right for everyone, but congestion isn't the thing to watch for with it.
Why we read it this way
Caprylic/capric triglyceride is made by stripping coconut or palm oil down to two medium-chain fatty acids and rebuilding them into a light, stable oil. The lauric acid that makes raw coconut oil a problem is removed in that process, and the finished ingredient is not on our pore-clogging references.
The nuance
Its coconut origin is why people expect a flag. It behaves very differently from the oil it started as, though a heavily oil-based product can still feel like too much on very oily skin.
Related ingredients
One ingredient rarely tells the whole story. The acne ingredient checker reads everything in a product at once, and there is more on what comedogenic means. Also in the guides: What acne actually is.