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INCI ingredient

Illite

Illite appears on 54 ingredient lists in our database, most often in bar soaps.

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

Illite appears on 54 ingredient lists in our database, most often in bar soaps.

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, absorbent, anticaking, bulking

Products with Illite

in 54 products

Showing 24 of 54 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • abrasive
  • absorbent
  • anticaking
  • bulking
  • abrasive: Removing unwanted tissue or foreign materials from various body surfaces, including mechanical tooth cleaning and/or gloss improvement.
  • absorbent: Taking up water- and/or oil-soluble (dissolved or finely dispersed) substances.
  • 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.

CAS 12173-60-3

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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