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INCI ingredient

Diatomaceous Earth

Diatomaceous Earth appears on 24 ingredient lists in our database, most often in deodorants.

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

Diatomaceous Earth appears on 24 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: abrasive, anticaking, bulking, opacifying

Products with Diatomaceous Earth

in 24 products

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

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • abrasive
  • anticaking
  • bulking
  • opacifying
  • abrasive: Removing unwanted tissue or foreign materials from various body surfaces, including mechanical tooth cleaning and/or gloss improvement.
  • anticaking: Preventing agglomeration of particulate solids into lumps or hard masses (cohesive cake), thus allowing free flow of particles.
  • 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 61790-53-2 / - · EC - / 231-545-4

EU regulation

Listed in Annex II (ref. 1024) of the EU Cosmetics Regulation.

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