James M. Brown manufactures a range of metallic stearates used in the plastics, pharmaceutical and food industries. It uses only stearic acid derived from vegetable sources for this production and no organic solvents whatever are used in the production process. Further information in the form of position papers is available at the bottom of this page.


JMB produces both commercial and high-purity grades of magnesium stearate.

MAGNESIUM STEARATE (CAS Registry Number 557-01-0)

"Granted prior sanction as a stabilizer in the manufacture of food-packaging materials and listed in §181.29 (STABILIZERS)"

Listed in §175.300 covering "resinous and polymeric coatings". These are described as "Resinous and polymeric coatings may be safely used as the food-contact surface of atricles intended for use in producing, manufacturing, packing, processing, preparing, treating, packaging, transporting, or holding food", used in accordance with the conditions prescribed in the section.