How we scored it
CaPO3F 138.05 Da: Ca 40.1 + P 31.0 + O3 48.0 + F 19.0, all mineral-derived; 138.05 / 138.05 = 1.0. Fluoride from fluorspar treated as mineral origin.
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
Made from mineral phosphate, calcium and fluoride sources, typically by exchanging sodium monofluorophosphate (phosphate plus fluorspar-derived fluoride) with calcium salts. No organic feedstock is involved.
In plain English
A mineral salt of calcium, phosphate and fluoride used in toothpaste as a fluoride source and antiplaque agent. It is made industrially from mined phosphate rock, fluorspar and calcium salts.
Structure
calcium fluoro-dioxido-oxo-lambda5-phosphane
References
- 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.
- 2Calcium Monofluorophosphate. PubChem CID 9920401. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
- 3CALCIUM MONOFLUOROPHOSPHATE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 4CALCIUM MONOFLUOROPHOSPHATE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CALCIUM%20MONOFLUOROPHOSPHATE