Database/Antiplaque/Aluminum Fluoride
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Aluminum Fluoride natural?

Yes. Aluminium and fluoride are both mineral-derived, classed as natural origin under ISO 16128.

INCI nameAluminum Fluoride
CAS7784-18-1
FormulaAlF3 · 83.976748 Da
FunctionAntiplaque · Oral Care
FeedstockProduced from bauxite-derived aluminium and mineral fluorspar (or…

How we scored it

AlF3 — inorganic mineral salt, aluminium and fluoride both natural-origin → 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

Produced from bauxite-derived aluminium and mineral fluorspar (or fluorosilicic acid by-product). No petrochemical route is applicable.

In plain English

A mineral salt used in some oral-care products to help protect teeth, supplying fluoride and aluminium ions.

Structure

2D structure of Aluminum Fluoride

trifluoroalumane

PubChem CID 2124 ↗

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 Fluoride. PubChem CID 2124. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 3ALUMINUM FLUORIDE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 4ALUMINUM FLUORIDE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=ALUMINUM%20FLUORIDE