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INCI ingredient

Tetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate

Also listed as: Tetrasodium ġlutamate Diacetate, Tétrasodium Glutamate Diacetate

A plant-based chelating agent used as an alternative to EDTA.

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 glutamate diacetate binds the metal ions that arrive with water and raw materials, which keeps foam bright, clear products clear and preservatives working. It is made from glutamic acid by fermentation and is readily biodegradable. CosIng lists it as chelating.

It is plant-derived and affects none of the six checks.

Functions: chelating

Products with Tetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate

in 439 products

Showing 24 of 439 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • chelating
  • chelating: Forming complexes with metal ions which could affect the stability and/or appearance of cosmetics.

CAS 51981-21-6 · EC 257-573-7

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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