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INCI ingredient

Sodium Fluoride

The fluoride source in most toothpaste.

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 fluoride is a simple mineral salt. In toothpaste it supplies fluoride ions; the amount is regulated and printed on the tube in ppm. CosIng lists its functions as oral care and antiplaque.

It is a mineral and affects none of the six checks.

Functions: oral care, antiplaque

Products with Sodium Fluoride

in 717 products

Showing 24 of 717 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • antiplaque
  • oral care
  • antiplaque: Helping protect against plaque.
  • oral care: Providing cosmetic effects to the oral cavity, e.g. cleansing, deodorising, protecting.

CAS 7681-49-4 · EC 231-667-8

EU regulation

Listed in Annex III (ref. 31) of the EU Cosmetics Regulation, maximum concentration 0,15 % calculated as F. When mixed with other fluorine compounds permitted under this Annex, total F concentration must not exceed 0,15 %. Oral products III/31 Contains sodium fluoride For any toothpaste with compounds containing fluorine in a concentration of 0.1 to 0.15% calculated as F unless it is already labelled as contra-indicated for children (e.g. "for adult use only") the following labelling is obligatory: "Children of 6 years and younger: use a pea-sized amount for supervised brushing to minimise swallowing. In case of intake of fluoride from other sources consult a dentist or doctor."

Source: CosIng, European Commission. Informative, no legal value; the regulation text is the reference.

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