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INCI ingredient

Calcium Chloride

Calcium Chloride appears on 118 ingredient lists in our database, most often in cream or lotions.

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 Chloride appears on 118 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: astringent, viscosity controlling

Products with Calcium Chloride

in 118 products

Showing 24 of 118 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • astringent
  • viscosity controlling
  • astringent: Contracting and/or tightening the skin.
  • viscosity controlling: Increasing or decreasing the viscosity (thickness) of cosmetics.

CAS 10043-52-4 · EC 233-140-8

EU regulation

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.

Classification from the INCI name; product lists from Open Beauty Facts.Report a mistake