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INCI ingredient

Tetrasodium Etidronate

Also listed as: Tétrasodium Etidronate

Tetrasodium Etidronate appears on 192 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

Tetrasodium Etidronate appears on 192 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: chelating, emulsion stabilising, viscosity controlling

Products with Tetrasodium Etidronate

in 192 products

Showing 24 of 192 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • chelating
  • emulsion stabilising
  • viscosity controlling
  • chelating: Forming complexes with metal ions which could affect the stability and/or appearance of cosmetics.
  • emulsion stabilising: Helping the process of emulsification and improving emulsion stability and shelf-life.
  • viscosity controlling: Increasing or decreasing the viscosity (thickness) of cosmetics.

CAS 3794-83-0 · EC 223-267-7

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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