Sodium Carrageenan
Sodium Carrageenan appears on 2 ingredient lists in our database.
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 Carrageenan appears on 2 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: antistatic, binding, emulsion stabilising, film forming, viscosity controlling
Products with Sodium Carrageenan
in 2 products
Showing 2 of 2 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.
In the EU ingredient database
Functions listed by CosIng
- antistatic
- binding
- emulsion stabilising
- film forming
- viscosity controlling
- antistatic: Preventing and/or reducing static electricity by neutralising electrical charge on surfaces.
- binding: Providing adhesive properties during and after compression in cosmetic tablets and/or cakes.
- emulsion stabilising: Helping the process of emulsification and improving emulsion stability and shelf-life.
- film forming: Producing (upon application) a continuous film on the skin, hair or nails.
CAS 9061-82-9 / 60616-95-7 · EC - / -
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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