Citric Acid Sodium Hydroxide
Also listed as: Citric Acid
Citric Acid Sodium Hydroxide appears on 3 ingredient lists in our database, most often in hand creams.
What it triggers
- Vegan originYesno animal source
- FragranceNonot a perfume ingredient
- ParabenNonot a preservative of this family
- SulfateNonot a sulfate surfactant
- SiliconeNonot a silicone
- AlcoholNonot a drying alcohol
What it does
Citric Acid Sodium Hydroxide appears on 3 ingredient lists in our database, most often in hand creams.
It does not belong to any of the six groups we check, so it never changes a verdict.
We have not written the plain-language note for this ingredient yet; the facts above come straight from how it is classified.
Functions: buffering, chelating, fragrance
Products with Citric Acid Sodium Hydroxide
in 3 products
- no photoSephora watermelon hand balmSephora · hand cream
Balea dm Leichte Body LotionBalea dm · body moisturizer
Ushuaïa Gel Douche Hydratant GrenadeUshuaïa · shower gel
Showing 3 of 3 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.
In the EU ingredient database
- buffering
- chelating
- fragrance
- buffering: Stabilising the pH of an aqueous medium in a narrow range even if an acid or base is added. Altering and/or maintaining a cosmetic product's pH at the desired level.
- chelating: Forming complexes with metal ions which could affect the stability and/or appearance of cosmetics.
- fragrance: Imparting an odour or taste. Creating a perceivable pleasant smell and/or masking a bad smell.
CAS 77-92-9 / 5949-29-1 · EC 201-069-1
Not on a restricted-substances annex. Listed as an allowed cosmetic ingredient.
Source: CosIng, European Commission. Informative, no legal value; the regulation text is the reference.