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E570 Fatty acids is a general term for a group of long-chain organic carboxylic acids naturally found in animal fats and vegetable oils, and it is used mainly as an emulsifier, stabilizer, anti-foaming agent, glazing agent, and lubricant in food, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and industrial products because fatty acids help control interactions between water, oils, and solid particles while also improving texture, processing behavior, and product stability.
E570 Fatty acids used under E570 include stearic acid, palmitic acid, oleic acid, and myristic acid.
E570 Fatty acids improves formulation stability and processing performance.
CAS Number: 57-11-4
Molecular Formula: C18H36O2
Molecular Weight: 284.48
EINECS Number: 266-928-5
Synonyms: stearic acid, Octadecanoic acid, 57-11-4, n-Octadecanoic acid, Stearophanic acid, Stearex Beads, Cetylacetic acid, 1-Heptadecanecarboxylic acid, Pearl stearic, Industrene R, Octadecansaeure, Stearinsaeure, Vanicol, Hydrofol Acid 150, Century 1240, Glycon DP, Glycon TP, Humko Industrene R, Formula 300, Hydrofol 1895, Hystrene 7018, Hystrene 9718, Glycon S-80, Glycon S-90, octadecoic acid, Tegostearic 254, Tegostearic 255, Tegostearic 272, Hystrene 80, Hydrofol acid 1655, Hydrofol acid 1855, Industrene 5016, Dar-chem 14, Emersol 120, Emersol 132, Hystrene 4516, Hystrene 5016, Groco 54, Groco 55, Groco 55L, Groco 58, Groco 59, Glycon S-70, Industrene 8718, Industrene 9018, Emersol 150, Kam 1000, Barolub FTA, FEMA No. 3035, Acidum stearinicul, HY-Phi 1199, HY-Phi 1205, HY-Phi 1303, HY-Phi 1401, Kam 2000, Kam 3000, C18:0, Century 1210, Stearic acid 50, Stearic acid, pure, PD 185, NAA 173, Emersol 153NF, Dervacid 3155, Purified stearic acid, Adeka sa 300, DTXSID8021642, Edenor htict-n, Stearic acid 70, 4ELV7Z65AP, NSC-25956, Sterene 60b, Sterene 60r, Pristerene 4910, Pristerene 4916, Pristerene 4981, Pristerine 4989, Sterene 460, CHEBI:28842, Hyfac 410, Hyfac 420, Hyfac 421, Hyfac 422, Prifac 5905, NSC-261168, DTXCID301642, 200-313-4, Batana, tooth powder, Himalayan Scrub, Papaya Enzyme, Body Scrub, Body Sprays, Doctor Plus, Body Gel, Obeo Baby Bubble, Jinhwagwangsu Hair, hydron;octadecanoate, Avocado Candy Scrub, Jinhwagwangsu Bubble, fatty acid 18:0, Turmeric Scrub Cream, RefChem:6691, Vaseline Moisturizing Cream, Hair Removal Cream For Men, Turmeric Mud Film Vitamin C, Intimate After Shave For Women, CELLBN FIRST CARE CLEANSER, ZENOL POWERFULX RECOVERYCREAM, 680-589-4, Stearate, Hystrene S-97, Hystrene T-70, Steric acid, Caswell No. 801D, Oktadekansaeure, acide stearique, acide octadecanoique, Hydrofol Acid 150 (VAN), CCRIS 2305, Prifac 2918, HSDB 2000, Vis-Plus, MFCD00002752, EPA Pesticide Chemical Code 079082, Stearic Acid Cherry, Edenor C18, 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Pristerene 4900, Pristerene 4904, Pristerene 4963, Pristerene 9429, Pristerene 9559, Hystrene S 97, Hystrene T 70, Edenor ST 1, Stearic acid (TN), Sunfat 18S, Emersol 153, Selosol 920, Industrene 5016K, Hystrene 9718NF, Kortacid 1895, Radiacid 0427, Edenor ST 20, Lunac 30, Serfax MT 90, Stearic acid_ravikumar, Unister NAA 180, Century 1224, Edenor HT-JG 60, Lunac S 90KC, Stearic acid (8CI), Stearic acid, puriss., Hystrene 7018 FG, Lunac S 30, Lunac S 50, Lunac S 90, Lunac S 98, 3v2p, 875D, 1-Heptadecanecarboxylate, Industrene 7018 FG, AFCO-Chem B 65, Heptadecanecarboxylic acid, Edenor C 18/98, Octadecanoic acid (9CI), Stearic acid, >=98%, SCHEMBL659, Hystrene 9718 NF FG, bmse000485, Epitope ID:534865, STEARIC ACID [II], STEARIC ACID [MI], EC 200-313-4, Emery 400 (Salt/Mix), STEARIC ACID [DSC], STEARIC ACID [JAN], Stearic acid (JP15/NF), Stearic acid (JP18/NF), Emersol 110 (Salt/Mix), STEARIC ACID [FHFI], STEARIC ACID [HSDB], SCHEMBL56011, Stearic acid (reagent grade), STEARIC ACID [VANDF], 4-02-00-01206 (Beilstein Handbook Reference), WLN: QV17, SCHEMBL249583, STEARIC ACID [MART.], STEARIC ACID [USP-RS], STEARIC ACID [WHO-DD], 17FA, GTPL3377, orb1304721, orb3140114, SCHEMBL3125045, SCHEMBL6047730, WO 2, CIS-9-OCTADECANOIC ACID, SCHEMBL10611257, UNII-X33R8U0062, MSK1716, Nonsoul SN 1 (Sodium salt), SNA-2000 (Sodium salt), Stearic acid, analytical standard, VLZ 200, HMS5085M19, PURIFIED STEARIC ACID [NF], Stearic acid, reagent grade, 95%, HY-B2219, STEARIC ACID [EP MONOGRAPH], Tox21_111154, Tox21_201887, Tox21_300562, BBL012224, BDBM50240485, EBC-26446, LMFA01010018, s5733, SA 200, SBB060276, Stearic acid, >=95%, FCC, FG, STL163565, AKOS005716958, Tox21_111154_1, CCG-267314, DB03193, FA 1655, FS14761, T2P2923, X33R8U0062, NCGC00091596-01, NCGC00091596-03, NCGC00091596-04, NCGC00091596-05, NCGC00091596-07, NCGC00254456-01, NCGC00259436-01, BP-14047, E570, MSK1716-1000, ST023799, VS-03242, Stearic acid, puriss., >=98.5% (GC), Stearic acid, SAJ first grade, >=90.0%, 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E570 Fatty acids consist of a hydrocarbon chain attached to a carboxyl group (-COOH), where the hydrocarbon portion is hydrophobic (water-repelling) and the acid group is more polar, giving fatty acids amphiphilic behavior that allows them to interact with both oils and water to some extent.
The length and saturation of the hydrocarbon chain strongly influence their physical and chemical properties.
E570 Fatty acids improves emulsifying and surface-active behavior.
E570 Fatty acids are usually white waxy solids or oily liquids depending on chain length and saturation, and many have slippery, lubricating characteristics that help reduce friction and sticking during processing.
Saturated fatty acids like stearic acid are often solid at room temperature, while unsaturated fatty acids such as oleic acid are more liquid-like.
E570 Fatty acids improves texture control and manufacturing efficiency.
E570 Fatty acids act mainly as surface-active agents and lubricants, helping stabilize emulsions, prevent sticking, improve texture, control crystallization, and reduce foaming in many food and industrial systems.
They may also form protective coatings on surfaces or particles.
E570 Fatty acids improves product consistency and handling behavior.
E570 Fatty acids is best described as a group of naturally derived long-chain organic acids used to improve texture, lubrication, emulsification, stability, and processing performance in food, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and industrial formulations due to their amphiphilic and surface-active properties.
E570 Fatty acids is the European food additive code for Fatty Acids.
It consists of a mixture of naturally occurring linear saturated and unsaturated fatty acids (such as stearic, palmitic, and oleic acid) derived from plant or animal fats.
It is used as an anti-caking, glazing, and defoaming agent.
E570 Fatty acids is a saturated fatty acid with an 18-carbon chain.
E570 Fatty acids is a soft waxy solid with the formula CH3(CH2)16COOH.
The triglyceride derived from three molecules of stearic acid is called stearin.
E570 Fatty acids is a prevalent fatty acid in nature, found in many animal and vegetable fats, but is usually higher in animal fat than vegetable fat.
It has a melting point of 69.4 °C (156.9 °F)°C and a pKa of 4.50.
E570 Fatty acids plays a major role in food texture engineering, where different fatty acids influence melting behavior, firmness, creaminess, and crystallization of fats in products such as chocolate, margarine, baked goods, and dairy formulations.
The length and saturation level of the fatty acid chain determine how solid or liquid the material remains at different temperatures.
E570 Fatty acids improves texture control and product stability.
E570 Fatty acids interact with starch and proteins inside dough systems, helping improve machinability, reduce sticking during mixing, and influence softness and shelf life of baked products by slowing certain staling processes.
They can also help distribute fats more evenly throughout dough structures.
E570 Fatty acids improves dough handling and baked product quality.
E570 Fatty acids are important for controlling fat crystal formation in products like chocolate and coatings, since the wrong crystal structure can cause bloom, texture defects, or instability during storage.
Specific fatty acids help maintain smooth texture and glossy appearance.
E570 Fatty acids improves visual quality and storage performance.
In pharmaceutical tablet technology, E570 Fatty acids such as stearic acid are among the most widely used lubricants because they reduce friction between powders and metal surfaces during high-pressure compression, preventing tablets from sticking to punches and dies during production.
This is essential for high-speed manufacturing systems.
E570 Fatty acids improves production efficiency and tablet consistency.
E570 Fatty acids are critical for creating stable emulsions in creams and lotions because their amphiphilic structure allows them to interact with both oil and water phases, helping form smooth and stable mixtures that spread evenly on the skin.
Some fatty acids also contribute moisturizing and protective properties.
Melting point: 67–72 °C (lit.)
Boiling point: 361 °C (lit.)
bulk density: 400–500 kg/m3
Density: 0.845 g/cm3
vapor pressure: 1 mm Hg (173.7 °C)
FEMA: 3035 | STEARIC ACID
refractive index: 1.4299
FLAVIS Number: 08.015 | Octadecanoic acid
Flash point: >230 °F
storage temp.: Store below +30°C.
solubility: Practically insoluble in water, soluble in ethanol (96 per cent) and in light petroleum (bp: 50–70 °C).
form: powder
pka: pKa 5.75±0.00 (H2O t = 35) (Uncertain)
Specific Gravity: 0.84 (80℃)
color: White
Odor: odorless mild fatty
Odor Type: odorless
biological source: palm oil
Water Solubility: 0.1–1 g/100 mL at 23 ºC
Merck: 14,8804
JECFA Number: 116
BRN: 608585
Henry's Law Constant: 2.1×10¹ mol/(m3Pa) at 25℃
Exposure limits: ACGIH: TWA 10 mg/m3; TWA 3 mg/m3
Dielectric constant: 2.3 (22℃)
Major Application: flavors and fragrances
Cosmetics Ingredients Functions: EMULSION STABILISING; SURFACTANT - CLEANSING; REFATTING; CLEANSING; SURFACTANT - EMULSIFYING; FRAGRANCE
InChI: 1S/C18H36O2/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18(19)20/h2-17H2,1H3,(H,19,20)
InChIKey: QIQXTHQIDYTFRH-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES: CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(O)=O
LogP: 8.22
E570 Fatty acids is widely used in food manufacturing systems, where fatty acids help control texture, improve mouthfeel, and stabilize mixtures containing both fats and water, especially in baked goods, confectionery, dairy products, and processed foods where smooth consistency and controlled crystallization are essential for product quality.
Their ability to interact with both oily and solid phases makes them highly versatile processing aids.
E570 Fatty acids improves texture stability and consumer experience.
E570 Fatty acids help improve dough handling and prevent sticking during mixing and baking by acting as lubricants between particles and processing surfaces, while also influencing the structure of starch and gluten networks in some formulations.
This contributes to more uniform baking behavior and improved softness in finished products.
E570 Fatty acids improves processing efficiency and product texture.
E570 Fatty acids are used to control fat crystallization and surface behavior, helping prevent sticking, improve gloss, and maintain smooth texture in coatings and molded products.
E570 Fatty acids also influence melting characteristics and shelf stability.
This improves appearance and storage performance.
In pharmaceutical manufacturing, E570 Fatty acids such as stearic acid are commonly used as lubricants and tablet-processing aids, reducing friction during tablet compression and preventing powders from adhering to machinery surfaces.
E570 Fatty acids also help improve flow of powdered ingredients in capsules and tablets.
E570 Fatty acids improves manufacturing precision and dosage consistency.
In cosmetics and skincare products, E570 Fatty acids are essential for creating creams, lotions, soaps, and makeup products because they contribute to emulsification, texture, moisture retention, and skin feel.
Some fatty acids also help form protective barriers on the skin surface.
E570 Fatty acids improves cosmetic stability and sensory quality.
E570 Fatty acids are fundamental raw materials because they react with alkalis to form soaps through saponification, producing cleaning agents capable of emulsifying oils and removing dirt.
This is one of the oldest and most important industrial uses of fatty acids.
E570 Fatty acids improves cleaning performance and surfactant functionality.
In plastics, rubber, and polymer industries, E570 Fatty acids are used as lubricants, mold-release agents, and stabilizers to improve processing behavior during extrusion, molding, and shaping operations.
They reduce friction and help prevent sticking to industrial equipment.
E570 Fatty acids improves manufacturing efficiency and product quality.
E570 Fatty acids contribute energy value and help improve texture and processing behavior of feed pellets and premixes, while some essential fatty acids are important nutritional components for growth and metabolism.
Their biological importance extends beyond industrial functionality.
E570 Fatty acids improves feed quality and nutritional value.
E570 Fatty acids are studied for their self-assembly behavior and ability to form organized molecular layers on surfaces, which is important in nanotechnology, coatings, and advanced material design.
Their amphiphilic structure makes them highly useful in interface science.
E570 Fatty acids improves understanding of molecular surface interactions.
E570 Fatty acids help reduce foam formation and improve movement between mechanical surfaces or particles, making them valuable in both food processing and industrial manufacturing applications where excessive foam or friction can reduce efficiency.
This supports smoother and more stable operations.
E570 Fatty acids improves process control and operational stability.
E570 Fatty acids is a long-chain saturated fatty acid.
It is a major component of cocoa butter and has also been found in beef fat and vegetable oils.
Unlike many long-chain saturated fatty acids, dietary stearic acid does not induce hypercholesterolemia or raise LDL-cholesterol.
In soap and detergent chemistry, E570 Fatty acids are converted into soaps through reactions with alkalis such as sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide, producing surfactant molecules that can emulsify oils and remove dirt from surfaces and fabrics.
This process forms the foundation of traditional soap production.
E570 Fatty acids improves cleaning efficiency and surfactant performance.
In plastic and polymer processing, E570 Fatty acids function as internal and external lubricants that reduce friction during extrusion, molding, and shaping of plastics, while also improving release of finished products from molds and reducing wear on industrial equipment.
This supports smoother manufacturing operations.
E570 Fatty acids improves processing efficiency and equipment longevity.
In animal nutrition and metabolism, E570 Fatty acids are biologically important energy sources and structural components of cell membranes, while essential fatty acids such as omega-3 and omega-6 compounds are required for normal physiological functions in animals and humans.
E570 Fatty acids nutritional importance extends far beyond industrial use.
E570 Fatty acids improves metabolic function and nutritional balance.
E570 Fatty acids are studied because they naturally organize into ordered layers at interfaces, making them useful model compounds for studying molecular self-assembly, coatings, emulsions, and membrane behavior.
Their amphiphilic properties are central to many advanced material systems.
E570 Fatty acids improves understanding of interfacial chemistry and material design.
E570 Fatty acids help control bubble formation and reduce mechanical friction in both food and non-food manufacturing processes, improving stability and efficiency in systems where excessive foam or resistance could disrupt operations.
This is especially important in high-speed processing environments.
E570 Fatty acids improves operational control and manufacturing reliability.
E570 Fatty acids is one of several major long-chain fatty acids comprising oils and fats.
It is presented in animal fats, oil and some kinds of vegetable oils as wellin the form of glycerides.
These oils, after hydrolysis, produce the stearic acid.
Stearic acid is a E570 Fatty acids widely existing in nature and has the general chemical properties of carboxylic acids.
Almost all kinds of fat and oil contain certain amount of stearic acid with the content in the animal fats being relative high.
For example, the content in the butter can reach up to 24% while the content in vegetable oil is relative low with the value in tea oil being 0.8% and the oil in palm being 6%.
There are two major approaches for industrial production of stearic acid, namely fractionation and compression method.
Add decomposition agent to the hydrogenated oil, and then hydrolyze to give the crude fatty acid, further go through washing with water, distillation, bleaching to obtain the finished products with glycerol as the byproduct.
E570 Fatty acids is incompatible with most metal hydroxides and may be incompatible with bases, reducing agents, and oxidizing agents.
Uses Of E570 Fatty acids:
E570 Fatty acids is widely used in cosmetics, plastics plasticizers, mold release agents, stabilizers, surfactants, rubber vulcanization accelerator, waterproof agent, polishing agent, metal soap, metal mineral flotation agents, softeners and pharmaceuticals as well as other organic chemicals.
E570 Fatty acids can also be used as the solvents of oil-soluble paint, crayons lubrication agent, stencil lighting agent and the emulsifier of stearic acid glyceride.
E570 Fatty acids can also be widely used in the manufacturing of PVC pipe, sheet material, profiles and film and is the PVC heat stabilizers with good lubricity and excellent stability against light and heat.
In the application of polyvinyl chloride pipe, stearic acid helps prevent the "coke" during the processing and is effective heat stabilizer during PVC film processing while also preventing the discoloration of the finished film discoloration caused by exposure.
Stearic acid has become the additive for lubrication, plasticization and stabilization of the filled masterbatch.
E570 Fatty acids can effectively improve the coating activating effect of inorganic powder and increase the flow rate of materials.
When there is demand for a large flow rate of the melt for material with inorganic powder accounting for the most part, an appropriate increase in the content of stearic acid can significantly increase the melt flow rate of material.
However, the amount of E570 Fatty acids used in filled masterbatch also have threshold with its amount being controlled in about 1% of the total mass.
If the added amount is over-excessive, it will not only cause the decrease of the quality and the performance of plastic products but also generate sticky substance in the die lip location of the manufacturing equipment of the plastic products, affecting the production efficiency and product quality.
E570 Fatty acids is an emulsifier and thickening agent found in many vegetable fats.
E570 Fatty acids is the main ingredient used in making bar soaps and lubricants.
It occurs naturally in butter acids, tallow, cascarilla bark, and in other animal fats and oils. Stearic acid may cause allergic reactions in people with sensitive skin and is considered somewhat comedogenic.
E570 Fatty acids is mainly used as an emulsifier, lubricant, stabilizer, anti-foaming agent, and texture improver because fatty acids help control interactions between oils, water, and solid particles while reducing friction and improving consistency.
In food products (bakery, confectionery, dairy, processed foods), they are used to improve texture, stabilize mixtures, and prevent sticking.
E570 Fatty acids improves product quality and shelf stability.
In pharmaceuticals, E570 Fatty acids are used as lubricants and flow aids during tablet and capsule production.
E570 Fatty acids improves manufacturing efficiency and dosage consistency.
In cosmetics and skincare products, they are used in creams, soaps, lotions, and makeup formulations to improve texture and emulsification.
E570 Fatty acids improves product stability and skin feel.
In soap and detergent manufacturing, they are used as raw materials for surfactant production.
E570 Fatty acids improves cleaning performance.
In plastics and industrial processing, they are used as lubricants and mold-release agents.
E570 Fatty acids improves manufacturing efficiency and material handling.
E570 Fatty acids is mainly used as an emulsifier, lubricant, stabilizer, anti-foaming agent, and texture modifier because fatty acids help control interactions between oils, water, and solid particles while improving processing behavior and consistency.
In food products (bakery, confectionery, dairy, processed foods), they are used to improve texture, stabilize fat systems, and prevent sticking.
This improves product quality and shelf life.
In pharmaceutical manufacturing, fatty acids are used as lubricants and flow aids during tablet and capsule production.
This improves manufacturing precision and dosage consistency.
In cosmetics and skincare products, they are used in creams, lotions, soaps, and makeup products to improve emulsification and texture.
E570 Fatty acids improves product stability and skin feel.
In soap and detergent production, fatty acids are used as key raw materials for surfactant formation.
E570 Fatty acids improves cleaning performance.
In plastics and industrial systems, they are used as lubricants, mold-release agents, and stabilizers.
E570 Fatty acids improves manufacturing efficiency and material handling.
E570 Fatty acids can be used as natural rubber, synthetic rubber (except butyl rubber) and latex curing active agent.
It can also be used as raw material of plastic plasticizer and stabilizer.
E570 Fatty acids can be used for the preparation of ointments, suppositories, etc., as well as being used in the manufacture of cosmetics, candles, waterproof agent and polishing agent.
The product can be used as a lubricant, defoamers and food additives in the food industry as well as the raw materials of glycerol stearate, stearic acid sorbitol anhydride esters and sucrose esters.
E570 Fatty acids can also be used as standard reference product for gas analysis as well as the preparation of soap, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and other organic chemicals.
E570 Fatty acids is widely used in oral and topical pharmaceutical formulations.
It is mainly used in oral formulations as a tablet and capsule lubricant, although it may also be used as a binder or in combination with shellac as a tablet coating.
E570 Fatty acids has also been suggested that stearic acid may be used in enteric tablet coatings and as a sustained-release drug carrier.
In topical formulations, stearic acid is used as an emulsifying and solubilizing agent.
When partially neutralized with alkalis or triethanolamine, stearic acid is used in the preparation of creams.
The partially neutralized stearic acid forms a creamy base when mixed with 5–15 times its own weight of aqueous liquid, the appearance and plasticity of the cream being determined by the proportion of alkali used.
E570 Fatty acids is a fatty acid that is a mixture of solid organic acids obtained principally from stearic acid and palmitic acid.
E570 Fatty acids is practi- cally insoluble in water.
E570 Fatty acids functions as a lubricant, binder, and defoamer.
E570 Fatty acids is used as a softener in chewing gum base.
Safety Profile Of E570 Fatty acids:
Poison by intravenous route a human sktn irritant.
Questionable carcinogen with experimental tumorigenic data by implantation route.
Combustible when exposed to heat or flame. Heats spontaneously.
To fight fire, use CO2, dry chemical when heated to decomposition it emits acrid smoke and irritating fumes.
E570 Fatty acids is generally considered a low hazard substance group, especially because many fatty acids occur naturally in foods and biological systems, although industrial handling of concentrated forms can still present some physical and irritation-related risks.
The main hazards are usually related to skin, eye, or respiratory irritation from fine powders, heated vapors, or concentrated fatty acid materials during industrial processing rather than from chemical toxicity itself.
Proper ventilation and handling precautions are recommended in manufacturing environments.
E570 Fatty acids improves workplace safety.
Skin contact is generally low risk, although prolonged exposure to concentrated fatty acids or hot molten forms may cause mild irritation or greasy residue buildup.
Some fatty acids may also oxidize over time and develop irritating byproducts.
E570 Fatty acids requires routine hygiene precautions.
Eye contact may cause mild irritation, especially if powders or concentrated liquids enter the eyes.
Protective eyewear is recommended during industrial handling.
Most fatty acids are combustible organic substances, meaning they can burn if exposed to sufficient heat or flame, although they are generally stable under normal storage conditions.
E570 Fatty acids requires normal fire safety practices.
From a toxicological perspective, fatty acids used in food applications are generally recognized as safe within regulated usage limits because they are common natural components of fats and oils consumed in the diet.
However, excessive intake of certain saturated fatty acids may have nutritional implications when consumed in very large amounts over long periods.
