Cosmetic ingredient dictionary
Calcium Pantothenate in cosmetics: what it is and what it does
Calcium Pantothenate is a cosmetic ingredient that makes hair easier to comb, softer or shinier. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 43 products, most often face care.
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What does Calcium Pantothenate do in a product?
In a cosmetic product, Calcium Pantothenate makes hair easier to comb, softer or shinier and reduces static, so hair stays flat. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: hair conditioning and antistatic.
What other names and numbers does Calcium Pantothenate have?
- CAS number
- 137-08-6
- EC number
- 205-278-9
- CosIng reference
- 74910
Which products contain Calcium Pantothenate?
Open Beauty Facts finds Calcium Pantothenate in the ingredient lists of 43 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often face care, shampoos and hair care.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 11 · United States 5 · Spain 4 · Poland 4.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Calcium Pantothenate turns up, not how much of the market it is.
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Sources
The job, the description and the EU annex entry are CosIng’s; the fragrance allergens are the EU Annex III names Bravoora’s label checker reads; the product counts are Open Beauty Facts’.
- European Commission: CosIng cosmetic ingredient database (functions, description, EU annex entry)
- Open Beauty Facts: product database, 77,506 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
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