barium sulfate

Vegan? Yes Vegetarian? Yes

Classifications are made based on the available commercial supply of the ingredient, and are made based on the criteria on our classifications page.

Commercially available barium sulfate is vegan and vegetarian.

Barium sulfate is an inorganic compound used as an opacifying agent in cosmetics. It is commercially extracted from the mineral baryte

Sources

  1. Johnson, W., Bergfeld, W. F., Belsito, D. V., Hill, R. A., Klaassen, C. D., Liebler, D. C., Marks, J. G., Shank, R. C., Slaga, T. J., Snyder, P. W., Gill, L. J., & Heldreth, B. (2018). Safety Assessment of Barium Sulfate as Used in Cosmetics. International Journal of Toxicology, 37(3_suppl), 5S–11S.
    https://doi.org/10.1177/1091581818799346
  2. Crapper, G. (2012). Powder Coatings. Polymer Science: A Comprehensive Reference, 541–566.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-444-53349-4.00279-x