Official EU label nameGlossary entry 27309

SORBITAN STEARATE

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:1338-41-6

EC:215-664-9

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SORBITAN STEARATE

Cosmetic functions: SURFACTANT - EMULSIFYING

Sorbitan stearate

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2 matched or reported names

SORBITAN STEARATEsorbitan stearate

Regulatory evidence across markets

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

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Chemical identity and properties

PubChem 2D chemical structure for CAS 1338-41-6

CAS 1338-41-6PubChem CID 16218600

Sorbitan monooctadecanoate

Sorbitan monostearate is a fatty acid ester. — ChEBI

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

Molecular formula: C24H46O6
Molecular weight: 430.6 g/mol
Exact mass: 430.32943918 Da
XLogP3: 6.9
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 MONOSTEARATEArlacel 60Sorgen 50Sorbitan, monostearateSorbitan stearateStearate de sorbitanLipsorb sLiposorb S

16 more reported names

Sorbitan CSorbitani stearasArmotan MSFEMA No. 3028Sorbitan 0Hodag SMSDrewsorb 60Anhydrosorbitol monostearateMontane 60Durtan 60Newcol 60NVZ4I0H58XCrill K 3Nikkol SS 30Nonion SP 60Nonion SP 60R

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External database identifiers

ChEBI:CHEBI:183394
ChEMBL:CHEMBL3186117
EPA DTXSID:DTXSID70872695
PubMed:23008685
PubMed:22755137
PubMed:22615681
PubMed:22557927
PubMed:22155414
PubMed:22145101
PubMed:21901978
PubMed:21540093
PubMed:21402157
PubMed:21063815
PubMed:20931611
PubMed:20350052

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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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