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Official EU label nameGlossary entry 15788

MAGNESIUM LAURATE

This record confirms an official common ingredient name for EU cosmetic product labelling. It does not by itself confirm that the substance is permitted, unrestricted or safe.

Global evidence snapshot

The resolved identity has matching regulatory evidence in 0 of 13 indexed market datasets: 0 country records and 0 EU Annex records. Every result and evidence gap is listed below.

0 markets with evidence
Markets checked
13
Markets with evidence
0
Evidence gaps
13
Resolved identifiers
2

Resolved substance identity

CAS:4040-48-6
EC:223-727-7
Ingredient index records:
MAGNESIUM LAURATE
Cosmetic functions: BINDING
1 matched or reported name
MAGNESIUM LAURATE

Regulatory evidence across markets

None of the 13 markets tracked here holds an imported rule under the name MAGNESIUM LAURATE.

That is a statement about this inventory, not about the law: no imported rule is not evidence that a substance is permitted. A rule may exist under a different name, under a CAS or EC number this glossary entry does not carry, or in a dataset not yet imported.

Chemical identity and properties

PubChem 2D chemical structure for CAS 4040-48-6
CAS 4040-48-6PubChem CID 61320

Lauric acid, magnesium salt

The CIR Expert Panel concluded that the following ingredients are safe in the present practices of use andconcentration described in the safety assessment when formulated to be non-irritating and non-sensitizing, which may be basedon a QRA...Magnesium Laurate... — Cosmetic Ingredient Review (CIR)

IUPAC name
magnesium bis(dodecanoate)
Molecular formula
C24H46MgO4
Molecular weight
422.9 g/mol
Exact mass
422.3246516 Da
Topological polar surface area
80.3 Ų
Hydrogen-bond donors
0
Hydrogen-bond acceptors
4
Covalent units
3
Defined stereocentres
0

Also known as

RefChem:155222MAGNESIUM LAURATEMagnesium dodecanoateMagnesium dilaurateDodecanoic acid, magnesium saltMNF86GDH3Fmagnesium;dodecanoateUNII-MNF86GDH3F
4 more reported names
EINECS 223-727-7magnesium didodecanoateDodecanoic acid, magnesium salt (2:1)BJZBHTNKDCBDNQ-UHFFFAOYSA-L
External database identifiers

Retrieved from NIH PubChem on 2026-08-31 by checksum-valid CAS matching. Chemical properties do not replace the regulatory decision on this page.

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Official source and scope

Imported from Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1175 (dataset version EU 2025/1175). The glossary supplies common ingredient names for the ingredient list required by Article 19(1)(g); it is not an approval or safety list.

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