What does Calcium do?

Used in cosmetics as an antioxidant, a skin-conditioning agent and an abrasive. Calcium is a metallic element.

We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet. It is listed for cosmetic use in the EU.

beauty
food
industrial
pharma

Calcium

CAS 8047-59-4

Also registered as 1 other CAS number

7440-70-2

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Calcium in plain language

What it is: Also known as 7030 Calcium Gold · Atomic calcium · Blood-coagulation factor IV · Calcium crystals · Anhydrous calcium · Calcium (NOS)
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Calcium 40 · Calcium atom · Calcium element · elemental Calcium · Coagulation Factor IV · Ena Actimineral A · Factor IV · Great calcium · OnlyCal · Ostreae Concha · Resto L · Restoration Treatment · Tall G U · Un 1401 · Un 1855 · calcium % wt: 10 ppm · calcium % wt: 1000 ppm · calcium (10-40%) · calcium compounds · calcium compounds as calcium metal
What it does: Used in cosmetics as an antioxidant, a skin-conditioning agent and an abrasive. Calcium is a metallic element.
Antioxidant
Skin conditioning
Abrasive
Reducing
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. Calcium appears in these published regulatory listings.

In marketed US drugs
Inactive ingredient in US drugs

Recorded in these product areas

Found in consumer products
Beauty
Pharma
Food
Industrial

USFDAinactive ingredient database2 entries — 2 administration routes
- Route: INTRAMUSCULAR; Dosage form: INJECTION; Potency: NASource →
- Route: ORAL; Dosage form: TABLET; Potency: 85.04 mgSource →
EUCosIngActiveCalcium is a metallic element.
- Calcium is a metallic element.Source →
USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 799 composition records across product categories including Construction and building materials, Furniture and furnishings, Batteries. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Active ingredient, Degradant/impurity, No specific technical function.
- EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 799 composition records across product categories including Construction and building materials, Furniture and furnishings, Batteries. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Active ingredient, Degradant/impurity, No specific technical function.Source →
USFDAmarketed drug occurrenceFDA NDC lists this ingredient in 13 active drug products and 15 total products.
- FDA NDC lists this ingredient in 13 active drug products and 15 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 Calcium. 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 Calcium yet. This record is compiled from the published data sources below — registries and regulatory listings, not study findings.

8 data sources

Where this comes from

CosIng
regulatory · updated 2026-09-23
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EPA Chemical and Products Database
exposure · updated november 3, 2016
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EPA DSSTox Identifiers
chemistry · updated 2025-12-29
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FDA Inactive Ingredient Database
regulatory · updated 2026-01-09
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FDA National Drug Code Directory
regulatory · updated 2027-12-31
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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.

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

Source records

799

Named organisations

Construction and building materialsFurniture and furnishingsBatteriesLaboratory suppliesSpecialty occupational productsVehicle

Typical roles

AntioxidantSkin conditioningAbrasiveReducingViscosity controlling

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Catalog

Found in these products

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

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Co-occurrence

Often appears with

Ingredients that frequently appear alongside Calcium in the catalog.