Database/Viscosity Controlling/Magnesium Chloride
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Magnesium Chloride natural?

Yes. Simple inorganic salt of magnesium and chloride, both mined or brine-derived with no organic component.

INCI nameMagnesium Chloride
CAS7786-30-3
FormulaCl2Mg · 95.21 Da
FunctionViscosity Controlling · Flavouring
FeedstockExtracted from natural brines, seawater, or mined magnesium…

How we scored it

MgCl2: Mg2+ and Cl- are both mineral-origin ions → 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

Extracted from natural brines, seawater, or mined magnesium minerals and purified to the salt. No petrochemical alternative exists.

In plain English

A mineral salt used to help thicken formulas and as a flavouring agent. It's obtained directly from seawater, brine, or mined mineral deposits, not manufactured from petrochemicals.

CosIng definition: Magnesium Chloride is the inorganic salt that conforms to the formula:

Structure

2D structure of Magnesium Chloride

magnesium dichloride

PubChem CID 5360315 ↗

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. 2Magnesium Chloride. PubChem CID 5360315. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 3MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 4MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=MAGNESIUM%20CHLORIDE