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INCI ingredient

Sodium Nitrate

Sodium Nitrate appears on 12 ingredient lists in our database, most often in hair cares.

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 Nitrate appears on 12 ingredient lists in our database, most often in hair cares.

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: oral care, soothing

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • oral care
  • soothing
  • oral care: Providing cosmetic effects to the oral cavity, e.g. cleansing, deodorising, protecting.
  • soothing: Lightening discomfort of the skin or of the scalp.

CAS 7631-99-4 · EC 231-554-3

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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