beauty
cleaning
food
industrial

Tin oxide

CAS 1332-29-2

Also registered as 7 other CAS numbers

8062-08-6 · 12238-53-8 · 1632373-06-8 · 2021246-27-3 · 2114423-18-4 · 2131735-89-0 · 2214286-15-2

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Tin oxide in plain language

What it is: Also known as C 10 (catalyst) · Ceramace S 8 · FS 10 (oxide) · Mesa (oxide) · Nalco 88SN123 · Nalco TX 2146
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Nanotek SnO2 30 · Neobondeip · tin oxide (except snh4 as sn)
What it does: Used in consumer products as a colourant, a thickener and an opacifier.
Colourant
Thickener
Opacifier
Abrasive
Is it a concern?: We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet.

Regulation

No restrictions found. Tin oxide appears in these published regulatory listings.

Recorded in these product areas

Found in consumer products
Beauty
Cleaning
Pharma
Food
Industrial

USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 4222 composition records across product categories including Construction and building materials, Industrial products, Laboratory supplies. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Abrasive, Viscosity modifier, Opacifer.
- EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 4222 composition records across product categories including Construction and building materials, Industrial products, Laboratory supplies. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Abrasive, Viscosity modifier, Opacifer.Source →

Expert safety opinions

No expert opinion on file for Tin oxide. These are the independent scientific bodies that assess ingredients like this one; we show an opinion only when a record we hold cites it.

SCCS
EU Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety
No SCCS opinion on file.
CIR
Cosmetic Ingredient Review (US expert panel)
No CIR safety assessment on file.
JECFA
Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives
No JECFA evaluation on file.
EFSA
European Food Safety Authority
No EFSA opinion on file.

Evidence & sources

No graded research studies for Tin oxide yet. This record is compiled from the published data sources below — registries and regulatory listings, not study findings.

2 data sources

Where this comes from

EPA Chemical and Products Database
exposure · updated october 19, 2016
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EPA DSSTox Identifiers
chemistry · updated 2025-12-29
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Suitability

Context-specific fit derived from published classifications and the current ingredient evidence profile.

Food use

Nothing to weigh for this context yet.

No signal in this context

We have no published hazard signal for this ingredient, so we cannot say how it behaves in this context — that is missing evidence, not a clean result.

Fragrance avoidance

Nothing to weigh for this context yet.

No signal in this context

We have no published hazard signal for this ingredient, so we cannot say how it behaves in this context — that is missing evidence, not a clean result.

Where it has been recorded

How often EPA CPDat has listed Tin oxide in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

4,222

Named organisations

Construction and building materialsIndustrial productsLaboratory suppliesPersonal careConstructionFood and drug

Typical roles

ColourantThickenerOpacifierAbrasive

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Catalog

Found in these products

Their ingredient lists include Tin oxide; each product's own rating depends on its whole formula, so it is shown on the product page, not here.

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Co-occurrence

Often appears with

Ingredients that frequently appear alongside Tin oxide in the catalog.