Calcium
Also listed as: Calcium/Zinc, Calcium)
Calcium appears on 6 ingredient lists in our database, most often in bar soaps.
What it triggers
- Vegan originYesno 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
Calcium appears on 6 ingredient lists in our database, most often in bar soaps.
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: abrasive, antioxidant, reducing, viscosity controlling, skin conditioning - miscellaneous
Products with Calcium
in 6 products
- no photoMiracle II Miracle SoapMiracle II · bar soap
- no photoProcter & Gamble FixodentProcter & Gamble · cream or lotion
Schmidt's toothpasteSchmidt's · toothpaste
APOKRA Breastfeeding VeganApokra- no photoGuru Nanda ToothpasteGuru Nanda · toothpaste
- no photoBarubt Calcium Multi BalmBarubt · cream or lotion
Showing 6 of 6 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.
In the EU ingredient database
- abrasive
- antioxidant
- reducing
- viscosity controlling
- skin conditioning - miscellaneous
- abrasive: Removing unwanted tissue or foreign materials from various body surfaces, including mechanical tooth cleaning and/or gloss improvement.
- antioxidant: Inhibiting reactions promoted by oxygen, thus avoiding oxidation and rancidity.
- reducing: Changing the chemical nature of another ingredient by adding hydrogen (or removing oxygen).
- viscosity controlling: Increasing or decreasing the viscosity (thickness) of cosmetics.
CAS 7440-70-2 · EC 231-179-5
Not on a restricted-substances annex. Listed as an allowed cosmetic ingredient.
Source: CosIng, European Commission. Informative, no legal value; the regulation text is the reference.