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INCI ingredient

Sodium Thiosulfate

Sodium Thiosulfate appears on 12 ingredient lists in our database, most often in bar soaps.

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 Thiosulfate appears on 12 ingredient lists in our database, most often in bar soaps.

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: reducing

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • reducing
  • reducing: Changing the chemical nature of another ingredient by adding hydrogen (or removing oxygen).

CAS 7772-98-7 / 10102-17-7 · EC 231-867-5 / -

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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