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INCI ingredient

Sodium Citrate Dihydrate

Also listed as: Sodium Citrate

Sodium Citrate Dihydrate appears on 2 ingredient lists in our database.

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 Citrate Dihydrate appears on 2 ingredient lists in our database.

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 Sodium Citrate Dihydrate

in 2 products

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • 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 68-04-2 / 6132-04-3 · EC 200-675-3

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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