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INCI ingredient

Alumi - Num Stearate

Also listed as: Aluminum Stearate

Alumi - Num Stearate appears on 2 ingredient lists in our database, most often in cream or lotions.

What it triggers

  • Vegan originNot sureplant or animal source
  • FragranceNonot a perfume ingredient
  • ParabenNonot a preservative of this family
  • SulfateNonot a sulfate surfactant
  • SiliconeNonot a silicone
  • AlcoholNonot a drying alcohol

What it does

Alumi - Num Stearate appears on 2 ingredient lists in our database, most often in cream or lotions.

It does not belong to any of the six groups we check, so it never changes a verdict.

We have not written the plain-language note for this ingredient yet; the facts above come straight from how it is classified.

Functions: anticaking, colorant, emulsion stabilising, viscosity controlling

Products with Alumi - Num Stearate

in 2 products

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • anticaking
  • colorant
  • emulsion stabilising
  • viscosity controlling
  • anticaking: Preventing agglomeration of particulate solids into lumps or hard masses (cohesive cake), thus allowing free flow of particles.
  • colorant: Exclusively or mainly intended to colour the cosmetic product, the body as a whole or certain parts thereof, by absorption or reflection of visible light; (precursors of oxidative hair colorants shall be deemed colorants). All authorised colorants are substances in the positive list of Annex IV to the Cosmetics Regulation 1223/2009.
  • emulsion stabilising: Helping the process of emulsification and improving emulsion stability and shelf-life.
  • viscosity controlling: Increasing or decreasing the viscosity (thickness) of cosmetics.

CAS 7047-84-9 · EC 230-325-5

EU regulation

Listed in Annex IV (ref. 150) of the EU Cosmetics Regulation. IV/150

Source: CosIng, European Commission. Informative, no legal value; the regulation text is the reference.

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