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INCI ingredient

Calcium Silicate

Calcium Silicate appears on 20 ingredient lists in our database, most often in deodorants.

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 Silicate appears on 20 ingredient lists in our database, most often in deodorants.

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: absorbent, bulking, opacifying

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • absorbent
  • bulking
  • opacifying
  • absorbent: Taking up water- and/or oil-soluble (dissolved or finely dispersed) substances.
  • bulking: Non-reactive (chemically inert), solid ingredients that dilute other solids and/or increase the volume of cosmetic products.
  • opacifying: Reducing transparency or translucency of cosmetics.

CAS 1344-95-2 · EC 215-710-8

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.

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