Health Concerns of the Ingredient:
Overall Hazard
Developmental &
reproductive toxicity
Allergies & immunotoxicity
About ALUMINUM STEARATE: Aluminum Stearate is an aluminum salt of stearic acid.
Function(s): Anticaking Agent; Colorant; Emulsion Stabilizer; Viscosity Increasing Agent - Nonaqueous; COSMETIC COLORANT; EMULSION STABILISING; VISCOSITY CONTROLLING
Synoym(s): ALUMINIUM STEARATE; ALUMINIUM TRISTEARATE; ALUMINUM DI/TRISTEARATE; ALUMINUM DIHYDROXIDE STEARATE; ALUMINUM MONOSTEARATE; ALUMINUM SALT OCTADECANOIC ACID; ALUMINUM STEARATES; ALUMINUM, DIHYDROXY (OCTADECANOATO-O) -; DIBASIC ALUMINUM STEARATE; DIHYDROXY (OCTADECANOATO-O) - ALUMINUM; DIHYDROXY (OCTANOATO-O) ALUMINUM
Multiple, additive exposure sources
| Concern |
Reference |
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| Used in food or as an additive with limited or no toxicity information available | FDA Everything Added to Food |
| Designated as safe for general or specific, limited use in food | FDA Food Additive Status |
Organ system toxicity (non-reproductive)
| Concern |
Reference |
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| Limited evidence of toxicity (only for products that may be aerosolized (airborne)) | Klaassen, C |
| Classified as not expected to be potentially toxic or harmful | Environment Canada Domestic Substance List |
Ecotoxicology
| Concern |
Reference |
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| Not suspected to be an environmental toxin | Environment Canada Domestic Substance List |
Persistence and bioaccumulation
| Concern |
Reference |
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| Not suspected to be bioaccumulative | Environment Canada Domestic Substance List |
Data gaps
| Concern |
Reference |
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| Risk assessment method deficiencies and data gaps - Maximum reported "as used" concentration is basis of safety assessment by industry safety panel (Cosmetic Ingredient Review, CIR) - implicit safe concentration limit in product | Cosmetic Ingredient Review Assessments |
| Safety assessment was based on related chemical | Cosmetic Ingredient Review Assessments |
| 84 studies in PubMed science library may include information on the toxicity of this chemical see search results -> | NLM PubMed |
Data Sources
| CIR (Cosmetic Ingredient Review). 2006. CIR Compendium, containing abstracts, discussions, and conclusions of CIR cosmetic ingredient safety assessments. Washington DC. |
| EC (Environment Canada). 2008. Domestic Substances List Categorization. Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA) Environmental Registry. |
| European Commission. 2013. Cosing, the European Commission database with information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. Accessed on March 1, 2013 at http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/cosmetics/cosing/ . |
| FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration) 2006. Food Additive Status List. Downloaded from http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/%7Edms/opa-appa.html, Oct 16, 2006. |
| FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration). 2008. EAFUS [Everything Added to Food]: A Food Additive Database. FDA Office of Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. |
| Klaassen, C., M. Amdur and J. Doull (eds.). Casarett and Doull |
| NLM (National Library of Medicine). 2012. PubMed online scientific bibliography data. http://www.pubmed.gov. |
Products Containing the Ingredient
About the ratings
EWG provides information on personal care product ingredients from the published scientific literature, to supplement incomplete data available from companies and the government. The ratings below indicate the relative level of concern posed by exposure to the ingredients in this product - not the product itself - compared to other product formulations. The ratings reflect potential health hazards but do not account for the level of exposure or individual susceptibility, factors which determine actual health risks, if any.
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