Official EU label nameGlossary entry 27304

SORBITAN PALMITATE

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:26266-57-9

EC:247-568-8

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SORBITAN PALMITATE

Cosmetic functions: SURFACTANT - EMULSIFYING

Sorbitan palmitate

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2 matched or reported names

SORBITAN PALMITATEsorbitan palmitate

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None of the 13 markets tracked here holds an imported rule under the name SORBITAN PALMITATE.

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Chemical identity and properties

PubChem 2D chemical structure for CAS 26266-57-9

CAS 26266-57-9PubChem CID 16212480

Span 40

Sorbitan monopalmitate is a fatty acid ester. — ChEBI

IUPAC name: [(2R)-2-[(2R,3R,4S)-3,4-dihydroxyoxolan-2-yl]-2-hydroxyethyl] hexadecanoate

Molecular formula: C22H42O6
Molecular weight: 402.6 g/mol
Exact mass: 402.29813906 Da
XLogP3: 5.8
Topological polar surface area: 96.2 Å²
Hydrogen-bond donors: 3
Hydrogen-bond acceptors: 6
Covalent units: 1
Defined stereocentres: 4

Also known as

SORBITAN MONOPALMITATEArlacel 40Palmitate de sorbitanSorbitani palmitasSorbitan palmitateSORBITAN, MONOHEXADECANOATEINS NO.495INS-495

16 more reported names

77K6Z421KUD-Glucitol, 1,4-anhydro-, 6-hexadecanoate1,4-Anhydro-D-glucitol, 6-hexadecanoateE-495RefChem:888279247-568-82-(3,4-dihydroxyoxolan-2-yl)-2-hydroxyethyl hexadecanoateSorbitan monohexadecanoateSorbitan palmitate [INN]Glycomul PLiposorb PProtachem SMPSorbitan palmitasCrill 2Montane 40Nikkol SP10

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External database identifiers

ChEBI:CHEBI:190605
ChEMBL:CHEMBL3186294
EPA DTXSID:DTXSID90873164

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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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