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INCI ingredient

Sodium Carboxymethyl Betaglucan

Also listed as: Sodium Carboxymethyl Beta-glucan

Sodium Carboxymethyl Betaglucan appears on 13 ingredient lists in our database, most often in serums.

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

Sodium Carboxymethyl Betaglucan appears on 13 ingredient lists in our database, most often in serums.

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: binding, cleansing, viscosity controlling

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • binding
  • cleansing
  • viscosity controlling
  • binding: Providing adhesive properties during and after compression in cosmetic tablets and/or cakes.
  • cleansing: Helping to keep the body surface clean.
  • viscosity controlling: Increasing or decreasing the viscosity (thickness) of cosmetics.

CAS 9050-93-5

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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