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INCI ingredient

Pumice

Pumice appears on 21 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

Pumice appears on 21 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: abrasive, bulking, viscosity controlling

Products with Pumice

in 21 products

Showing 21 of 21 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • abrasive
  • bulking
  • viscosity controlling
  • abrasive: Removing unwanted tissue or foreign materials from various body surfaces, including mechanical tooth cleaning and/or gloss improvement.
  • 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 1332-09-8

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.

Classification from the INCI name; product lists from Open Beauty Facts.Report a mistake