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INCI ingredient

Carbon Black

Also listed as: CI 77266

Carbon Black appears on 4 ingredient lists in our database, most often in toothpastes.

What it triggers

  • Vegan originNot sureorigin not on file
  • FragranceNonot a perfume ingredient
  • ParabenNonot a preservative of this family
  • SulfateNonot a sulfate surfactant
  • SiliconeNonot a silicone
  • AlcoholNonot a drying alcohol

What it does

Carbon Black appears on 4 ingredient lists in our database, most often in toothpastes.

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: colorant

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • colorant
  • 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.

CAS 1333-86-4; 7440-44-0 · EC 215-609-9; 231-153-3; 931-328-0; 931-334-3

EU regulation

Listed in Annex IV (ref. 126) of the EU Cosmetics Regulation. IV/126 IV/126a Purity > 97 %, with the following impurity profile: Ash content ≤ 0,15 %, total sulphur ≤ 0,65 %, total PAH ≤ 500 ppb and benzo(a)pyrene ≤ 5 ppb, dibenz(a,h)anthracene ≤ 5 ppb, total As ≤ 3 ppm, total Pb ≤ 10 ppm, total Hg ≤ 1 ppm.

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

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