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Chondroitin sulfate

CAS 9007-28-7

Also registered as 5 other CAS numbers

9088-44-2 · 9046-20-2 · 9062-29-7 · 11120-14-2 · 56480-79-6

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Chondroitin sulfate in plain language

What it is: Also known as Chondroitin sulfate (bovine) · Chondroitin sulphate (bovine) · C13H21NO15S · Chondroitin 4 and 6 sulfate · Chondroitin 4-sulfate sodium salt · Chondroitin polysulfate
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Chondroitin sulfate sodium salt from shark cartilage · Chondroitin sulphate · Hydrogensulfat Chondroitin · hydrogen sulfate Chondroitin · Chondroitine sulfate · Chondroitinsulfate C · Chondroitinsulfuric acid · Chondroitinsulfuric acids · Chondron · Chondrotin Sulfate · Chonsurid · Condrosulf · Epitope ID:136108 · Gepan · Structum · Uropol S · chondroitin sulfate A · sulfate acide chondroitine · sodium chondroitin sulfate
What it does: Used in consumer products as a flavouring.
Flavouring
Is it a concern?: We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet.

Regulation

No restrictions found. Chondroitin sulfate appears in these published regulatory listings.

Recorded in these product areas

Found in consumer products
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Pharma
Food

USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 7 composition records across product categories including Personal care, Food and drug. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Flavouring and nutrient.
- EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 7 composition records across product categories including Personal care, Food and drug. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Flavouring and nutrient.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 Chondroitin sulfate. 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.
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 Chondroitin sulfate 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 march 22, 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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openFDA Substance
registry · updated 2026-05-24
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PubChem Live Enrichment
chemistry · updated 2026-05-17
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Reference links (1)

Openfda substance

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

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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 Chondroitin sulfate in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

Named organisations

Personal careFood and drug

Typical roles

Flavouring

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Catalog

Found in these products

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

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