CARRAGEENAN
- Function
- Not recorded
- CAS
- 9000-07-1
- Comedogenic
- 0–1DERIVED, not measured: no member of the cellulose_thickener family that Fulton 1989 tested scored 2 or above. Supporting rows -- Carboxymethylcellulose 0, Carboxypropylcellulose 1, Hydroxypropylcellulose 1, Carbomer 940 1, PVP 0 -- every thickener in Table I is 0 or 1. This ingredient itself was not tested; see docs/sources/fulton-1989-table-1.tsv.
- Appears in
- 28 products in our catalogue
Definition
Carrageenan is the plant material obtained from various members of the Gigartinaceae or Solieriaceae families of the red seaweed, Rodophyceae.
Chemical definition from CosIng, the EU cosmetic ingredient register.