Cosmetic ingredient dictionary
Sodium Citrate in cosmetics: what it is and what it does
Sodium Citrate is a cosmetic ingredient that hides an unwanted smell or taste. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 957 products, most often shampoos.
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What does Sodium Citrate do in a product?
In a cosmetic product, Sodium Citrate hides an unwanted smell or taste, keeps the product's acidity steady and binds metals in water so the product stays stable. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: masking, buffering and chelating.
What other names and numbers does Sodium Citrate have?
- CAS number
- 68-04-2, 6132-04-3
- EC number
- 200-675-3
- CosIng reference
- 37816
Which products contain Sodium Citrate?
Open Beauty Facts finds Sodium Citrate in the ingredient lists of 957 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often shampoos, hair care and moist wipes.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 213 · United States 152 · Germany 140 · Australia 93.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Sodium Citrate 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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