INCI ingredient

Sodium Fluoride 0.243%

Also listed as: Sodium Fluoride

Sodium Fluoride 0.243% appears on 2 ingredient lists in our database, most often in toothpastes.

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 0.243% appears on 2 ingredient lists in our database, most often in toothpastes.

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: antiplaque, oral care

Products with Sodium Fluoride 0.243%

in 2 products

Showing 2 of 2 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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