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XANTHAN GUM

Not on the EU Annex III list

Xanthan gum

XANTHAN GUM is listed in the European Commission CosIng inventory under the functional categories Binding, Surfactant - Emulsifying, Emulsion Stabilising, Gel Forming, Skin Conditioning, Surfactant - Cleansing, Viscosity Controlling, with CAS number 11138-66-2 and EC number 234-394-2. In the free INCIDB sample it appears on 36 product labels, reaching position 4 on Hydrating facial cleanser.

CAS REGISTRY NUMBER
11138-66-2
EC NUMBER
234-394-2
COSING FUNCTIONS
Binding, Surfactant - Emulsifying, Emulsion Stabilising, Gel Forming, Skin Conditioning, Surfactant - Cleansing, Viscosity Controlling

Sample products containing XANTHAN GUM

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

PRODUCT LABEL POSITION
Masque Argile Purifiant Pores #20
Lait Solaire Enfant FPS 50 #25
Crème De Douche Lait D'ânesse Camomille Sans Sulfates #9
Sublime Sun Lait protecteur anti-dessèchement FPS 30 #28
Zahncreme Classic #8
Crème réparatrice pieds très secs #24
Lingettes épaisses Sensitive (lot x2 paquets) #11
HiPP Babysanft Sonnenschutz #17

Query XANTHAN GUM in the full snapshot

import pyarrow.parquet as pq

ingredients = pq.read_table('ingredients.parquet').to_pandas()
target = ingredients[ingredients['inci_name'] == "XANTHAN GUM"]
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.

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