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US Patent No. 10,792,230 B2 (Barbara Heide, Martina Kampmann, Kristina Rathert); Henkel AG & Co. has patented a cosmetic peeling cream. It is comprised of an oil-in-water emulsion comprising at least one fatty substance (chosen from the group of fatty substances having the INCI designations Butyrospermum parkii (shea) butter and Helianthus annuus (sunflower) seed oil), behenyl alcohol and at least one of stearyl alcohol and cetyl alcohol, one co-emulsifier (comprising a triglyceride of caprylic acid and/or caprinic acid), and at least one thickening agent comprising carrageenan; and a peeling agent comprising sodium chloride and/or talcum powder.