EWG Skin Deep® | What is GALACTOARABINAN

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Data: Fair

Galactoarabinan

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SYNONYMS

● ARABINOGALACTAN

● D-GALACTO-L-ARABINAN

● GALACTOARABINAN

Restricted

Restricted: EWG VERIFIED products cannot contain this ingredient without adequate substantiation

Galactoarabinan is a polysaccharide obtained from the extraction of one or more species ofthe larch tree, Larix.

Common concerns

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LOW

Cancer
LOW

Allergies & Immunotoxicity
LOW

Developmental and Reproductive Toxicity
LOW

Use Restrictions

Ingredient concerns

CONCERNS
DATA SOURCES

Products with this Ingredient

eye shadow	18 products
mascara	17 products
facial moisturizer/treatment	17 products
serums & essences	10 products
mask	9 products
bar soap	8 products
recreational sunscreen	8 products
daily use with SPF	8 products
foundation	7 products
facial cleanser	6 products
hair treatment/serum	6 products
shampoo	5 products
toners/astringents	5 products
moisturizer	4 products
brow liner	4 products
body wash/cleanser	4 products
hair spray	3 products
hair styling aide	3 products
BB cream	3 products
styling mousse/foam	3 products
around-eye cream	3 products
makeup remover	3 products
blush	2 products
concealer	2 products
baby soap	2 products
bronzer/highlighter	2 products
sunless tanning	1 products
body spray	1 products
shaving cream	1 products
baby sunscreen	1 products
exfoliant/scrub	1 products
makeup primer	1 products
styling gel/lotion	1 products

Multiple, additive exposure sources

CONCERN	REFERENCE
Designated as safe for general or specific, limited use in food	FDA Everything Added to Food
Designated as safe for general or specific, limited use in food	FDA Food Additive Status

Data gaps

CONCERN	REFERENCE
1131 studies in PubMed science library may include information on the toxicity of this chemical	NLM PubMed

Informational

CONCERN	REFERENCE
Industry or government recommendations for safe use: restrictions on concentration, impurities, product types, or manufacturing methods - any	Open scientific literature

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.
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.
NLM (National Library of Medicine). 2012. PubMed online scientific bibliography data. http://www.pubmed.gov.
Open scientific/peer reviewed literature

Understanding scores

Cosmetics and personal care products are not required to be tested for safety before being allowed on the market. The Skin Deep® scoring system was designed to help the public understand whether a product is safe to use or whether it contains ingredients of concern.

Every product and ingredient in Skin Deep gets a two-part score – one for hazard and one for data availability. The safest products score well by both measures, with a low hazard rating and a fair or better data availability rating.

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Hazard score

The Skin Deep ingredient hazard score, from 1 to 10, reflects known and suspected hazards linked to the ingredients. The EWG VERIFIED™ mark means a product meets EWG’s strictest criteria for transparency and health.

Data availability

The Skin Deep data availability rating reflects the number of scientific studies about the product or ingredient in the published scientific literature.

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