beauty
cleaning

Hydroxypropyl guar gum

CAS 39470-70-7

Also registered as 5 other CAS numbers

114680-41-0 · 182636-14-2 · 1203801-95-9 · 39421-75-5 · 68442-94-4

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Hydroxypropyl guar gum in plain language

What it is: On cosmetic ingredient lists it appears as “Hydroxypropyl guar”.
Also known as Hydroxypropyl guar · Guaraprolose (3500 mpa.s at 1%) · Hydroxypropyl guar (2500-4500 mpa.s at 1%) · Guaraprolose (2500-4500 mpa.s at 1%) · GUARAPROLOSE(2800-4000 mpas) · Jaguar HP-105
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2-Hydroxypropyl guar · 2-hydroxypropyl guar gum · AgRHO-DR 2000 · Aqualon 411D-HP · Aqualon 411HP · Ecopol 120S · Esacol ED 15 · Guar gum, 2-hydroxypropyl ether
What it does: Used in cosmetics as a cleansing agent, an antistatic agent and a binder.
Cleansing
Antistatic
Binding
Emulsion stabilising
Film forming
Viscosity controlling
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. Hydroxypropyl guar gum appears in these published regulatory listings.

Recorded in these product areas

Found in consumer products
Beauty
Cleaning

EUCosIngActiveGuar gum, 2-hydroxypropyl ether, depolymd.
- Guar gum, 2-hydroxypropyl ether, depolymd.Source →
USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 352 composition records across product categories including Personal care, Cleaning products and household care. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Surfactant (surface active agent), Film former, Anti-static agent.
- EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 352 composition records across product categories including Personal care, Cleaning products and household care. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Surfactant (surface active agent), Film former, Anti-static agent.Source →
USFDAlisted in openFDA substanceopenFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as polymer.
- openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as polymer.Source →

Expert safety opinions

No expert opinion on file for Hydroxypropyl guar gum. 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 Hydroxypropyl guar gum 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

CosIng
regulatory · updated 2026-09-23
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EPA Chemical and Products Database
exposure · updated September 2018
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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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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 Hydroxypropyl guar gum in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

352

Named organisations

Personal careCleaning products and household care

Typical roles

CleansingAntistaticBindingEmulsion stabilisingFilm formingViscosity controlling

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Catalog

Found in these products

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

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