Cosmetic ingredient dictionary
EDTA in cosmetics: what it is and what it does
EDTA is a cosmetic ingredient that binds metals in water so the product stays stable. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 205 products, most often hair care.
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What does EDTA do in a product?
In a cosmetic product, EDTA binds metals in water so the product stays stable. The EU’s CosIng database lists this job for it: chelating.
What other names and numbers does EDTA have?
- CAS number
- 60-00-4
- EC number
- 200-449-4
- CosIng reference
- 33756
Which products contain EDTA?
Open Beauty Facts finds EDTA in the ingredient lists of 205 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often hair care, shampoos and hair conditioners.
Products with it, by country of sale: Norway 41 · France 31 · Australia 30 · Spain 22.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where EDTA turns up, not how much of the market it is.
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Sources
The job, the description and the EU annex entry are CosIng’s; the fragrance allergens are the EU Annex III names Bravoora’s label checker reads; the product counts are Open Beauty Facts’.
- European Commission: CosIng cosmetic ingredient database (functions, description, EU annex entry)
- Open Beauty Facts: product database, 77,506 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
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