INCI ingredient

Sodium Methylparaben

Also listed as: Sodium Sodium Methylparaben

Sodium Methylparaben appears on 70 ingredient lists in our database, most often in toothpastes.

What it triggers

Vegan originYesno animal source
FragranceNonot a perfume ingredient
ParabenYesa paraben preservative
SulfateNonot a sulfate surfactant
SiliconeNonot a silicone
AlcoholNonot a drying alcohol

If a product lists Sodium Methylparaben, its paraben-free answer is No. Nothing else changes.

What it does

Sodium Methylparaben appears on 70 ingredient lists in our database, most often in toothpastes.

On the label it counts as paraben, which is why a product that lists it cannot be paraben-free.

We have not written the plain-language note for this ingredient yet; the facts above come straight from how it is classified.

Functions: preservative

Products with Sodium Methylparaben

in 70 products

Showing 24 of 70 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng

preservative

preservative: Exclusively or mainly intended to inhibit the development of micro-organisms in the cosmetic product. All authorised preservatives are substances in the positive list of Annex V to the Cosmetics Regulation 1223/2009.

CAS 5026-62-0 · EC 225-714-1

EU regulation

Listed in Annex V (ref. 12) of the EU Cosmetics Regulation, maximum concentration 0,4% (as acid) for single ester 0,8% (as acid) for mixtures of esters. V/12

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

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