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Sodium palmitate

CAS 155215-74-0

Also registered as 2 other CAS numbers

159258-35-2 · 408-35-5

Sodium palmitate chemical structure

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Sodium palmitate in plain language

What it is

Also known as E-470(I)PALMITIC acid, sodium salt · Sodium salt hexadecanoic acid · Hexadecanoic acid, sodium salt (1:1) · Ins NO.470(I)PALMITIC acid, sodium salt · INS-470(I)PALMITIC acid, sodium salt · Sodium salt palmitic acid

Show all 16 names

Sodium hexadecanoate · C-lube 16 · Natriumpalmitat · Nonsoul PN 1 · Palmitate de sodium · Palmitic acid (sodium) · Sodium pentadecanecarboxylate · UNII-JQ43KP6296 · palmitato de sodio · sodiumpalmitate

What it does

Used in cosmetics as an emulsifier, a cleansing agent and a thickener.

  • Emulsifying
  • Cleansing
  • Viscosity controlling
  • Emulsifier
  • Surfactant
  • Thickener
Is it a concern?
We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet. It is listed for cosmetic use in the EU.

Regulation

No restrictions found. Sodium palmitate appears in these published regulatory listings.

Recorded in these product areas

  • Found in consumer products
  • Beauty
  • Cleaning
  • EUCosIngActiveSodium palmitate
  • GLOBALJECFAEvaluatedJECFA evaluation record.
  • USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 63 composition records across product categories including Personal care, Cleaning products and household care, Construction and building materials. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Surfactant (surface active agent), Emulsifier, Viscosity modifier.
    • EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 63 composition records across product categories including Personal care, Cleaning products and household care, Construction and building materials. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Surfactant (surface active agent), Emulsifier, Viscosity modifier.Source →
  • USFDAlisted in openFDA substanceopenFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.
    • openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.Source →

Expert safety opinions

Independent scientific assessments cited by the records we hold, with the year and link where the record gives one.

  • 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

Evidence & sources

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

7 data sources

Where this comes from

  • CosIng

    regulatory · updated 2026-09-23

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  • EPA Chemical and Products Database

    exposure · updated September 2013

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  • EPA DSSTox Identifiers

    chemistry · updated 2025-12-29

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  • FDA GSRS UNII

    registry · updated 2026-02-26

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  • WHO JECFA Database

    regulatory · updated 2026-10-04

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  • openFDA Substance

    registry · updated 2026-05-24

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  • PubChem Live Enrichment

    chemistry · updated 2026-05-17

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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 Sodium palmitate in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

63

Named organisations

6

Personal careCleaning products and household careConstruction and building materials

Typical roles

EmulsifyingCleansingViscosity controllingEmulsifierSurfactantThickener
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Catalog

Found in these products

Cosmetic and personal-care products that list Sodium palmitate are shown first. Their ingredient lists include Sodium palmitate; each product's own rating depends on its whole formula, so it is shown on the product page, not here.

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