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INCI ingredient

Xanthan Gum

Also listed as: Xanthan Gum (), Xanthan Gum'

A plant-derived thickener made by fermentation.

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

Xanthan gum gives gels and lotions their body and stops the water and oil parts from separating. It is made by fermenting sugar with bacteria.

It affects none of the six checks and is not animal-derived.

Functions: thickener, stabiliser

Products with Xanthan Gum

in 2,236 products

Showing 24 of 2,236 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • binding
  • surfactant - emulsifying
  • emulsion stabilising
  • gel forming
  • skin conditioning
  • surfactant - cleansing
  • viscosity controlling
  • binding: Providing adhesive properties during and after compression in cosmetic tablets and/or cakes.
  • surfactant - emulsifying: Helping suspensions or dispersions of liquids in a second liquid by reducing the surface tension of the substances to be emulsified.
  • emulsion stabilising: Helping the process of emulsification and improving emulsion stability and shelf-life.
  • gel forming: Giving the consistency of a gel (a semi-solid preparation with some elasticity) to a liquid preparation.

CAS 11138-66-2 · EC 234-394-2

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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