beauty
cleaning

Benzoate

CAS 766-76-7

Also registered as 1 other CAS number

21049-51-4

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Benzoate in plain language

What it is

Also known as Benzenecarboxylate · Benzeneformate · Benzenemethanoate · Benzoato, ion(1-) · Phenylcarboxylate · Phenylformate

Show all 8 names

benzoate anion · benzoic acid anion

What it does

We don't have a plain-language description for Benzoate yet.

Recorded functional uses: Plasticizer

Is it a concern?

We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet.

Regulation

No restrictions found. Benzoate appears in these published regulatory listings.

Recorded in these product areas

Found in consumer products
Beauty
Cleaning

USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 20 composition records across product categories including Personal care. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Plasticizer.
- EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 20 composition records across product categories including Personal care. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Plasticizer.Source →

Expert safety opinions

No expert opinion on file for Benzoate. 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.

Evidence & sources

No graded research studies for Benzoate 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 September 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.

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.