Xanthangum
Also listed as: Xanthan Gum
Xanthangum appears on 2 ingredient lists in our database, most often in body moisturizers.
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
Xanthangum appears on 2 ingredient lists in our database, most often in body moisturizers.
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, surfactant - emulsifying, emulsion stabilising, gel forming, skin conditioning, surfactant - cleansing, viscosity controlling
Products with Xanthangum
in 2 products
- no photoMixa Lait corps nutritif protecteurMixa · body moisturizer
- no photoSephora Supermask - The Mud MaskSephora · face mask
Showing 2 of 2 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.
In the EU ingredient database
- 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
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.