Official EU label nameGlossary entry 26285

SODIUM BEHENATE

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.

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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.

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Resolved identifiers

Resolved substance identity

CAS:5331-77-1

EC:226-234-5

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SODIUM BEHENATE

Cosmetic functions: CLEANSING

Sodium docosanoate

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SODIUM BEHENATE

Regulatory evidence across markets

None of the 13 markets tracked here holds an imported rule under the name SODIUM BEHENATE.

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Chemical identity and properties

PubChem 2D chemical structure for CAS 5331-77-1

CAS 5331-77-1PubChem CID 23668838

Sodium Behenate

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...Sodium Behenate... — Cosmetic Ingredient Review (CIR)

IUPAC name: sodium docosanoate

Molecular formula: C22H43NaO2
Molecular weight: 362.6 g/mol
Exact mass: 362.31607489 Da
Topological polar surface area: 40.1 Å²
Hydrogen-bond donors: 0
Hydrogen-bond acceptors: 2
Covalent units: 2
Defined stereocentres: 0

Also known as

Docosanoic acid, sodium saltBehenic acid, sodium saltH4W8BMK72FNSC-2325RefChem:183791226-234-5sodium;docosanoatebehenic acid sodium salt

8 more reported names

NSC 2325EINECS 226-234-5UNII-H4W8BMK72FSodiumdocosanoateDocosanoic acid, sodium salt (1:1)C22H43NaO2AS-56951DB-210176

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External database identifiers

EPA DTXSID:DTXSID0063785

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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