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Hexadecanoic acid, aluminum salt (3:1)

CAS 555-35-1

Also registered as 2 other CAS numbers

101012-91-3 · 69646-00-0

Hexadecanoic acid, aluminum salt (3:1) chemical structure

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Hexadecanoic acid, aluminum salt (3:1) in plain language

What it is

Also known as Aluminum palmitate · Aluminium trihexadecanoate · Aluminum salt hexadecanoic acid · Aluminum salt palmitic acid · aluminum tris(hexadecanoate) · Aluminium palmitate

Show all 12 names

Aluminum stearate palmitate · Palmitic acid, aluminum salt (8CI) · aluminium tripalmitate · aluminum palmitic acid · aluminum;hexadecanoate · bis(hexadecanoyloxy)alumanyl hexadecanoate

What it does

Used in consumer products as an emulsifier and an anti-caking agent.

  • Emulsifier
  • Anti-caking agent
Is it a concern?
We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet.

Regulation

No restrictions found. Hexadecanoic acid, aluminum salt (3:1) appears in these published regulatory listings.

Recorded in these product areas

  • Found in consumer products
  • Industrial
  • USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 0 composition records across product categories including unclassified products. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Emulsifier, Processing aids not otherwise specified, Anti-caking agent.
    • EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 0 composition records across product categories including unclassified products. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Emulsifier, Processing aids not otherwise specified, Anti-caking agent.Source →
  • USFDAlisted in openFDA substanceopenFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.
    • openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.Source →

Evidence & sources

No graded research studies for Hexadecanoic acid, aluminum salt (3:1) yet. This record is compiled from the published data sources below — registries and regulatory listings, not study findings.

5 data sources

Where this comes from

  • EPA Chemical and Products Database

    exposure · updated January 7, 2008

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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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  • 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.

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 Hexadecanoic acid, aluminum salt (3:1) in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Named organisations

2

Typical roles

EmulsifierAnti-caking agent
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