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INCI ingredient

Sodium Levulinate

Also listed as: Sodium Levulinate'

A corn-derived salt that helps preserve products and conditions skin.

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 levulinate is the salt of levulinic acid, which is made from corn starch. It is usually paired with sodium anisate or glyceryl caprylate in natural-positioned products to keep microbes down without traditional preservatives.

CosIng lists it as skin conditioning. It is plant-derived and affects none of the six checks.

Functions: skin conditioning

Products with Sodium Levulinate

in 245 products

Showing 24 of 245 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • skin conditioning - miscellaneous
  • skin conditioning - miscellaneous: Enhancing the appearance of dry and/or damaged skin by reducing flaking and restoring suppleness.

CAS 19856-23-6 · EC 243-378-4

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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