- Korean limit
- 0.6%
Definition
US FDA substance register · UNII 2P47R6817F · registered name Calcium Sorbate · single chemical substance
Calcium Sorbate is the calcium salt of Sorbic Acid that conforms to the formula:
Cosmetic roles
Safety & regulatory references
- Restricted
- China · Japan · South Korea
Source: MFDS (Korea) cosmetic regulatory information
ASEAN
- Maximum authorised concentration in the finished cosmetic product : 0.6% (acid)
Taiwan
- 0.6%
European Union
- Maximum concentration in ready for use preparation : 0.6% (acid)
Source: MFDS (Korea) cosmetic regulatory information
Not classified under Korea’s toxic-substance GHS list · existing chemical substance
Restriction V/4
Source: EU CosIng ingredient list
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Official labels & definitions
JCIA labelling name ソルビン酸Ｃａ: 本品は、次の化学式で表されるソルビン酸（＊）のカルシウム塩である。
Source: JCIA labelling names (Japan)
Names & identifiers
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 7492-55-9
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 231-321-6
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID2052491
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID9031064
- IUPAC
- Calcium di[(2E,4E)-hexa-2,4-dienoate]
- Molecular formula
- C12H14CaO4
- Molecular weight
- 262.318 g/mol
Measured properties
- Appearance
- Fine white crystalline powder not showing any change in colour after heating at 105 °C for 90 minutes · White powder, [MSDSonline]
- Melting point
- for sorbic acidMelting range of sorbic acid isolated by acidification and not recrystallised 133 °C to 135 °C after vacuum drying in a sulphuric acid desiccator
- Solubility
- SPARINGLY SOL IN WATER, ORG SOLVENTS, IN FATS & OILS
- Melting/freezing point
- 94.15 ℃
- Initial boiling point and range
- 396.86 ℃
- Vapour pressure
- 0.00000212 ㎜Hg (25°C)
- Water solubility
- 725.6 ㎎/ℓ (25 °C)
- n-Octanol/water partition coefficient (Kow)
- 1.69
- Molecular weight
- 264.08
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: PubChem · KOSHA safety data sheets (Korea)
What products actually use it for
What the 5 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.
- Preservative3
- Processing aids not otherwise specified1
- Antioxidant1
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Irritation and sensitisation studies
1 skin studies and 0 eye studies are on record.
The study conclusions largely agree (100%). These tests are on the raw material itself; irritation at the amount in a finished product is a different question.
See all 1 studies
- SkinSens1
Skin Sensitization · QSAR Predicted
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Related literature
Linked databases 17
- Australian Industrial Chemicals Inventory (AICIS)
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- JCIA labelling names (Japan)
- 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
- PubMed
- UniChem cross-reference IDs
- US EPA CompTox dashboard 2
- US EPA DSSTox chemical database
- US FDA substance registration (GSRS)
- US FDA Unique Ingredient Identifier (UNII)
- Wikidata
- Wikipedia · English · Japanese · Chinese