XANTHAN GUM
- Function
- binding, emulsion stabilising, gel forming, skin conditioning, surfactant - cleansing, surfactant - emulsifying, viscosity controlling
- CAS
- 11138-66-2
- 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
- 1389 products in our catalogue
Definition
Xanthan gum
Chemical definition from CosIng, the EU cosmetic ingredient register.