Official EU label nameGlossary entry 27798

STEARIC ACID

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 substance identity

CAS:57-11-4

EC:200-313-4

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STEARIC ACID

Cosmetic functions: CLEANSING, EMULSION STABILISING, FRAGRANCE, REFATTING, SURFACTANT - CLEANSING, SURFACTANT - EMULSIFYING

Stearic acid

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2 matched or reported names

STEARIC ACIDstearic acid

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None of the 13 markets tracked here holds an imported rule under the name STEARIC ACID.

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Chemical identity and properties

PubChem 2D chemical structure for CAS 57-11-4

CAS 57-11-4PubChem CID 5281

Stearic Acid

Octadecanoic acid is a C18 straight-chain saturated fatty acid component of many animal and vegetable lipids. As well as in the diet, it is used in hardening soaps, softening plastics and in making cosmetics, candles and plastics. It has a role as a plant metabolite, a human metabolite, a Daphnia magna metabolite and an algal metabolite. It is a long-chain fatty acid, a saturated fatty acid and a straight-chain saturated fatty acid. It is a conjugate acid of an octadecanoate. It derives from a hydride of an octadecane. — ChEBI

IUPAC name: octadecanoic acid

Molecular formula: C18H36O2
Molecular weight: 284.5 g/mol
Exact mass: 284.271530387 Da
XLogP3: 7.4
Topological polar surface area: 37.3 Å²
Hydrogen-bond donors: 1
Hydrogen-bond acceptors: 2
Covalent units: 1
Defined stereocentres: 0

Also known as

n-Octadecanoic acidStearophanic acidStearex Beads1-Heptadecanecarboxylic acidPearl stearicCetylacetic acidIndustrene ROctadecansaeure

16 more reported names

StearinsaeureVanicolHydrofol Acid 150Century 1240Glycon DPGlycon TPHumko Industrene RFormula 300Hydrofol 1895Hystrene 7018Hystrene 9718Glycon S-80Glycon S-90octadecoic acidTegostearic 254Tegostearic 255

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External database identifiers

ChEBI:CHEBI:28842
ChEMBL:CHEMBL46403
EPA DTXSID:DTXSID8021642
PubMed:29968805
PubMed:24130033
PubMed:23054717
PubMed:23031696
PubMed:23016367
PubMed:23015562
PubMed:22982110
PubMed:22975500
PubMed:22956328
PubMed:22950964
PubMed:22942682
PubMed:22924263

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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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