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INCI ingredient

Magnesium Myristate

Magnesium Myristate appears on 13 ingredient lists in our database.

What it triggers

  • Vegan originNot sureplant or 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

Magnesium Myristate appears on 13 ingredient lists in our database.

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: anticaking, opacifying, viscosity controlling

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • anticaking
  • opacifying
  • viscosity controlling
  • anticaking: Preventing agglomeration of particulate solids into lumps or hard masses (cohesive cake), thus allowing free flow of particles.
  • opacifying: Reducing transparency or translucency of cosmetics.
  • viscosity controlling: Increasing or decreasing the viscosity (thickness) of cosmetics.

CAS 4086-70-8 · EC 223-817-6

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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