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INCI ingredient

Sodium Saccharin

Also listed as: Sodium Saccharín, Sodium Saccharin/Sodium Saccharin

A synthetic sweetener that takes the bitterness out of 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 saccharin is a calorie-free sweetener about 300 times sweeter than sugar. Toothpaste and mouthwash bases taste soapy and bitter on their own; a pinch of saccharin fixes that. CosIng lists it as oral care and flavouring.

It is synthetic and affects none of the six checks.

Functions: oral care, flavouring

Products with Sodium Saccharin

in 903 products

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • fragrance
  • oral care
  • flavouring
  • fragrance: Imparting an odour or taste. Creating a perceivable pleasant smell and/or masking a bad smell.
  • oral care: Providing cosmetic effects to the oral cavity, e.g. cleansing, deodorising, protecting.
  • flavouring: Imparting taste and/or flavour to a cosmetic product.

CAS 128-44-9 / 6155-57-3 · EC 204-886-1 / -

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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