Ingredient glossary / Exfoliant
Sugar
On the label: Sucrose · Exfoliant
What it is
Granulated sugar, the scrubbing grit in sugar scrubs; softer-edged than salt and dissolves in water.
Exfoliants: Exfoliants remove dead cells from the surface, by chemistry (acids, enzymes) or by rubbing (physical scrubs).
Wikidata: Group of metabolic disorders characterized by high blood sugar levels over a prolonged period. Q12206 →
In the research
2,974 PubMed papers mention it with skin, cosmetics or hair; the three most recent:
- Enzymatic Valorisation of Hazelnut Skin and Hemp Shives By-Products · Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2026
- Adaptive laboratory evolution of Cupriavidus necator to sodium salts as a whole cell engineering strategy for enhanced trehalose production · Microbial cell factories, 2026
- Sugar-assisted separation of pectin/polyvinyl alcohol/carbohydrate microneedle patch enabling n-butylidenephthalide/resiquimod Co-delivery for chemo-immunotherapy of glioma · International journal of biological macromolecules, 2026
A paper is a paper, not a verdict: titles are listed so you can read them, and a study on cells or mice says little about a cream on a face.
Products whose label lists it
4 on the siteMatched from the ingredient list the supplier printed; the position in the list (first or thirtieth) is on each product page.
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