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INCI ingredient

Sodium Chloride Salt

Also listed as: Sodium Chloride, Sodium Chloride (Salt)

Sodium Chloride Salt appears on 11 ingredient lists in our database, most often in bar soaps.

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

Sodium Chloride Salt appears on 11 ingredient lists in our database, most often in bar soaps.

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: bulking, fragrance, oral care, viscosity controlling

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • bulking
  • fragrance
  • oral care
  • viscosity controlling
  • bulking: Non-reactive (chemically inert), solid ingredients that dilute other solids and/or increase the volume of cosmetic products.
  • fragrance: Imparting an odour or taste. Creating a perceivable pleasant smell and/or masking a bad smell.
  • oral care: Providing cosmetic effects to the oral cavity, e.g. cleansing, deodorising, protecting.
  • viscosity controlling: Increasing or decreasing the viscosity (thickness) of cosmetics.

CAS 7647-14-5 · EC 231-598-3

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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