Database/Antistatic/Sodium Carrageenan
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Sodium Carrageenan natural?

Yes. Carrageenan is extracted from red seaweed and sodium is a natural mineral counter-ion.

INCI nameSodium Carrageenan
CAS9061-82-9
FunctionAntistatic · Binding
FeedstockSodium Carrageenan is the sodium salt of carrageenan…

How we scored it

Carrageenan (seaweed gum, natural) as its sodium salt; Na+ counts as natural mineral counter-ion -> 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

Sodium Carrageenan is the sodium salt of carrageenan extracted from red seaweeds (e.g. Chondrus crispus). No petrochemical alternative route exists.

In plain English

The sodium salt of carrageenan, a gelling gum extracted from red seaweed. Used to thicken and stabilise formulas.

CosIng definition: Carrageenan, sodium salt

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. 2SODIUM CARRAGEENAN. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3SODIUM CARRAGEENAN. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=SODIUM%20CARRAGEENAN