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INCI ingredient

Pentasodium Triphosphate

Pentasodium Triphosphate appears on 58 ingredient lists in our database, most often in mouthwashs.

What it triggers

  • Vegan originNot sureorigin not on file
  • FragranceNonot a perfume ingredient
  • ParabenNonot a preservative of this family
  • SulfateNonot a sulfate surfactant
  • SiliconeNonot a silicone
  • AlcoholNonot a drying alcohol

What it does

Pentasodium Triphosphate appears on 58 ingredient lists in our database, most often in mouthwashs.

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

Products with Pentasodium Triphosphate

in 58 products

Showing 24 of 58 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • buffering
  • chelating
  • 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.

CAS 7758-29-4 · EC 231-838-7

EU regulation

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.

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