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Barium acetate

CAS 543-80-6

Also registered as 1 other CAS number

2649269-81-6

Barium acetate chemical structure

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Barium acetate in plain language

What it is

Also known as Acetic acid barium salt (2:1) · Barium diacetate · barium(2+) diacetate · barium salt Acetic acid · Acetic acid, barium salt (2:1) · Bariumacetat

Show all 14 names

Barium(II) acetate · Bariumdi(acetat) · Caswell No. 068A · Dibarium diacetate · Octan barnaty · UNII-FBA31YJ60R · barium di(acetate) · Baryta acetica

What it does

Used in consumer products as a stabiliser.

  • Stabiliser
Is it a concern?
We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet.

Regulation

No restrictions found. Barium acetate appears in these published regulatory listings.

  • In marketed US drugs

Recorded in these product areas

  • Found in consumer products
  • Pharma
  • Food
  • Industrial
  • USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 8 composition records across product categories including Construction and building materials, Food and drug, Laboratory supplies. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Stabilizing agent.
    • EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 8 composition records across product categories including Construction and building materials, Food and drug, Laboratory supplies. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Stabilizing agent.Source →
  • USFDAmarketed drug occurrenceFDA NDC lists this ingredient in 8 active drug products and 8 total products.
    • FDA NDC lists this ingredient in 8 active drug products and 8 total products.Source →
  • USFDAlisted in openFDA substanceopenFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.
    • openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.Source →

Expert safety opinions

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

  • 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 Barium acetate yet. This record is compiled from the published data sources below — registries and regulatory listings, not study findings.

6 data sources

Where this comes from

  • EPA Chemical and Products Database

    exposure · updated june 9, 2017

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  • EPA DSSTox Identifiers

    chemistry · updated 2025-12-29

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  • FDA National Drug Code Directory

    regulatory · updated 2026-12-31

    Open →

  • FDA GSRS UNII

    registry · updated 2026-02-26

    Open →

  • openFDA Substance

    registry · updated 2026-05-24

    Open →

  • PubChem Live Enrichment

    chemistry · updated 2026-05-17

    Open →

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 Barium acetate in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

8

Named organisations

3

Construction and building materialsFood and drugLaboratory supplies

Typical roles

Stabiliser
See products using Barium acetate →