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

What does Sodium Chlorite do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Sodium Chlorite cares for teeth and mouth, and changes the chemistry of another ingredient, as in hair dye. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: oral care and oxidising.

What other names and numbers does Sodium Chlorite have?

CAS number

7758-19-2

EC number

231-836-6

CosIng reference

58885

Which products contain Sodium Chlorite?

Open Beauty Facts finds Sodium Chlorite in the ingredient lists of 7 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often mouthwash.

• Mouthwash2

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 3 · Norway 2 · Morocco 1 · Canada 1.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Sodium Chlorite turns up, not how much of the market it is.

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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