TALC

Talc is a powdered native, hydrous magnesium silicate sometimes containing a small portion of aluminum silicate.

TALC is listed in the European Commission CosIng inventory under the functional categories Abrasive, Absorbent, Anticaking, Bulking, Opacifying, Skin Protecting, Slip Modifier, with CAS number 14807-96-6 and EC number 238-877-9. CosIng records a restriction against it (III/59), so check the corresponding Annex entry before formulating. In the free INCIDB sample it appears on 1 product label, reaching position 5 on powder touch. Fulton (1989) grades it 1 on the 0–5 comedogenicity scale; that grade is transcribed as-is and is the only rating source used.

Sample products containing TALC

Label positions from the free INCIDB sample. A lower position means the ingredient is declared earlier, i.e. present in a higher proportion.

Query TALC in the full snapshot

import pyarrow.parquet as pq

ingredients = pq.read_table('ingredients.parquet').to_pandas()
target = ingredients[ingredients['inci_name'] == "TALC"]
print(target[['ingredient_id', 'functions', 'cas_number', 'is_common_allergen']])

The complete snapshot covers 18,583 products. Coverage of each enrichment column is published, both per distinct name and weighted by label occurrence — see the coverage table.