Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Sodium Acetate in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Sodium Acetate is a cosmetic ingredient that hides an unwanted smell or taste. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 103 products, most often shampoos.

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What does Sodium Acetate do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Sodium Acetate hides an unwanted smell or taste and keeps the product's acidity steady. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: masking and buffering.

maskingbuffering

What other names and numbers does Sodium Acetate have?

CAS number
127-09-3
EC number
204-823-8
CosIng reference
37720

Which products contain Sodium Acetate?

Open Beauty Facts finds Sodium Acetate in the ingredient lists of 103 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often shampoos, hair care and bath and shower.

  • Shampoos38
  • Hair care20
  • Bath and shower8
  • Shower gels8

Products with it, by country of sale: France 47 · Germany 12 · United States 8 · Spain 7.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Sodium Acetate 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’.

  1. European Commission: CosIng cosmetic ingredient database (functions, description, EU annex entry)
  2. Open Beauty Facts: product database, 77,506 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL

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