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INCI ingredient

Hectorite

Hectorite appears on 24 ingredient lists in our database, most often in baby cares.

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

Hectorite appears on 24 ingredient lists in our database, most often in baby cares.

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, viscosity controlling

Products with Hectorite

in 24 products

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

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • absorbent
  • bulking
  • viscosity controlling
  • 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.
  • viscosity controlling: Increasing or decreasing the viscosity (thickness) of cosmetics.

CAS 12173-47-6 · EC 235-340-0

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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