Definition
US FDA substance register · UNII 3QDE968MKD · registered name CALCIUM BENZOATE · single chemical substance
Calcium Benzoate is the calcium salt of benzoic acid that conforms to the formula:
Cosmetic roles
Safety & regulatory references
- Restricted
- China · Japan · South Korea
Source: MFDS (Korea) cosmetic regulatory information
Argentina · Brazil
- Maximum concentration permitted at final product : 0.5% (expressed as acid)
ASEAN
- Maximum authorised concentration in the finished cosmetic product : 0.5 % (acid)
Taiwan
- 0.5%
European Union
- Maximum concentration in ready for use preparation : 0.5% (acid)
Source: MFDS (Korea) cosmetic regulatory information
Not classified under Korea’s toxic-substance GHS list · existing chemical substance
Restriction V/1a
Source: EU CosIng ingredient list
Reviewed by CIR: Safety Assessment of Benzyl Alcohol, Benzoic Acid and its Salts, and Benzyl Benzoate
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Names & identifiers
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 2090-05-3
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 218-235-4
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID4044612
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID2024612
- IUPAC
- Calcium dibenzoate
- Molecular formula
- C14H10CaO4
- Molecular weight
- 282.308 g/mol
Measured properties
- Odour
- odourless
- Relative density
- 1.44 ()
- Molecular weight
- 282.3
- Appearance
- White or colourless crystals, or white powder
- Melting point
- for benzoic acidMelting range of benzoic acid isolated by acidification and not recrystallised 121,5 °C to 123,5 °C, after vacuum drying in a sulphuric acid desiccator
Values measured on the substance itself. The KOSHA data are a reference for writing and reviewing safety data sheets, not a specification for a commercial raw material.
Source: KOSHA safety data sheets (Korea) · PubChem
What products actually use it for
What the 4 products reported to the US EPA with this ingredient use it for. Products outside cosmetics are included, so the top few rows are its main uses.
- Processing aids not otherwise specified2
- Preservative1
- Biocide1
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Linked databases 16
- Australian Industrial Chemicals Inventory (AICIS)
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- Korea Cosmetic Association ingredient dictionary
- Korea toxic substances GHS register (NIER)
- KOSHA safety data sheets (Korea)
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic ingredient register 2
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic regulatory information 2 3
- PubChem
- UniChem cross-reference IDs
- US Cosmetic Ingredient Review (CIR) 2
- US EPA CompTox dashboard 2
- US EPA DSSTox chemical database
- US FDA substance registration (GSRS)
- US FDA Unique Ingredient Identifier (UNII)
- Wikidata
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