Compoatlas

CALCIUM STEARATE

Official label name (INCI name, EU glossary of cosmetic ingredient names), No 4984

CALCIUM STEARATE: Colorant allowed under conditions (Annex IV, entry 150), under Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009.

In plain words

What it is used for

Functions declared by manufacturers:

Anticaking: allows free flow of solid particles and thus avoids agglomeration of powdered cosmetics into lumps or hard masses.

Colorant: colours cosmetics and/or imparts colour to the skin and/or its appendages.

Emulsion stabilising: helps the process of emulsification and improves emulsion stability and shelf-life.

Viscosity controlling: increases or decreases the viscosity of cosmetics.

What the rules say

An ingredient can be used as a colorant only if it appears on the list of Annex IV. <function plain_language.<locals>.name at 0x7f0beeb9b600> is on it, with no maximum concentration or restriction of use in this entry.

The text of the annexes

Colorant allowed under conditions

Entry
Annex IV, No 150
Substance
Aluminium, zinc, magnesium and calcium stearates
Glossary names
ALUMINUM STEARATE / ZINC STEARATE / MAGNESIUM STEARATE / CALCIUM STEARATE
CAS
7047-84-9 / 557-05-1 /557-04-0 / 1592-23-0
EC
230-325-5 / 209-151-9 / 209-150-3 / 216-472-8
Dates in the act (10)
  • Entry into force on 11 January 2010
  • Application from 1 December 2010
    It shall apply from 11 July 2013, with the exception of: — Article 15(1) and (2) which shall apply from 1 December 2010, as well as Articles 14, 31 and 32 to the extent that they are necessary to apply Article 15(1) and (2); and — Article 16(3) second subparagraph, which shall apply from 11 January 2013.
  • Entry into force on 1 December 2010
  • Condition applicable from 11 January 2012
    As from 11 January 2012, by way of derogation from Directive 76/768/EEC, notification carried out in accordance with Article 13 of this Regulation shall be considered to comply with Article 7(3) and Article 7a(4) of that Directive
  • Application from 11 January 2013
    July 2013, with the exception of: — Article 15(1) and (2) which shall apply from 1 December 2010, as well as Articles 14, 31 and 32 to the extent that they are necessary to apply Article 15(1) and (2); and — Article 16(3) second subparagraph, which shall apply from 11 January 2013.
  • Entry into force on 11 January 2013
  • Application from 11 July 2013
    It shall apply from 11 July 2013, with the exception of: — Article 15(1) and (2) which shall apply from 1 December 2010, as well as Articles 14, 31 and 32 to the extent that they are necessary to apply Article 15(1) and (2); and — Article 16(3) second subparagraph, which shall appl
  • Entry into force on 11 July 2013
  • Placing on the market before 11 July 2013
    Article 39 Transitional provisions By way of derogation from Directive 76/768/EEC, cosmetic products which comply with this Regulation may be placed on the market before 11 July 2013.
  • Placing on the market from 11 July 2013
    As from 11 July 2013, a distributor who makes available in a Member State a cosmetic product already placed on the market in another Member State and translates, on his own initiative, any element of the labelling of that product in order to comply with national law, shall submit, by electronic means, the following info

Excerpts from the English text published in the Official Journal. A date may concern only some substances of the act: the excerpt says so.

Identity

CosIng identifier
32347
CAS (according to CosIng)
1592-23-0
EC (according to CosIng)
216-472-8
Declared functions
Anticaking, Colorant, Emulsion stabilising, Viscosity controlling
Wikidata
Q423318
ECHA InfoCard
100.014.976
InChIKey
CJZGTCYPCWQAJB-UHFFFAOYSA-L

Elsewhere in the world

Information on other jurisdictions. What is covered, and what is not yet.

United Kingdom (Great Britain)

  • Colorant allowed under conditions (Annex IV)

Same entries as in the European Union. Conditions (concentrations, warnings) may differ: they are not compared here.

Switzerland

Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 applies in Switzerland (Article 54 of the Ordinance on Foodstuffs and Utility Articles).

United States, federal rules

None of the integrated sections of the federal code (21 CFR 700.11 to 700.27 and 250.250) targets this name. The FDA does not publish a list of allowed ingredients.

Recorded cosmetics that contain it

4 recorded products list it, according to Open Beauty Facts contributors. Records are dated: the formula may have changed. See the list (page in French).

Glossary: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1175. Page updated on 21 October 2026.