Database/Antiperspirant/Aluminum Chlorohydrate
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Aluminum Chlorohydrate natural?

Yes. Aluminium and chloride are both mineral-derived; ISO 16128 counts minerals and their metal-ion salts as natural origin.

INCI nameAluminum Chlorohydrate
CAS12042-91-0
FormulaAl2ClH7O6 · 192.47 Da
FunctionAntiperspirant · Astringent
FeedstockManufactured by reacting aluminium metal or hydroxide (from…

How we scored it

Al2(OH)5Cl formed from mineral aluminium hydroxide/metal and chloride; both aluminium and chloride are mineral-origin fragments → 1.0.
What counts. ISO 16128-2 scores the atoms that remain in the final ingredient. Reagents, solvents, catalysts and protecting groups used during manufacture leave no mass behind and are not counted.

Where it comes from

Manufactured by reacting aluminium metal or hydroxide (from bauxite) with hydrochloric acid. It is an inorganic mineral salt with no organic or petrochemical component.

In plain English

A mineral aluminium salt used in antiperspirants to reduce underarm wetness by temporarily blocking sweat ducts; refined from bauxite ore.

Structure

2D structure of Aluminum Chlorohydrate

dialuminum;chloride;pentahydroxide;hydrate

PubChem CID 71586946 ↗

References

  1. 1ISO 16128-1:2016 and ISO 16128-2:2017 — Guidelines on technical definitions and criteria for natural and organic cosmetic ingredients and products. ISO, Geneva.
  2. 2Aluminum Chlorohydrate. PubChem CID 71586946. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 3ALUMINUM CHLOROHYDRATE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 4ALUMINUM CHLOROHYDRATE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=ALUMINUM%20CHLOROHYDRATE