Cosmetic ingredient dictionary
Sodium Glutamate in cosmetics: what it is and what it does
Sodium Glutamate is a cosmetic ingredient that keeps the skin in good condition. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 16 products, most often bath and shower.
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What does Sodium Glutamate do in a product?
In a cosmetic product, Sodium Glutamate keeps the skin in good condition, makes hair easier to comb, softer or shinier and hides an unwanted smell or taste. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: skin conditioning, hair conditioning and masking.
What other names and numbers does Sodium Glutamate have?
- CAS number
- 142-47-2, 6106-04-3, 16177-21-2, 32221-81-1
- EC number
- 205-538-1, 240-313-1
- CosIng reference
- 79487
Which products contain Sodium Glutamate?
Open Beauty Facts finds Sodium Glutamate in the ingredient lists of 16 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often bath and shower, shower gels and shaving.
Products with it, by country of sale: Australia 5 · France 3 · Germany 2 · Turkey 2.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Sodium Glutamate 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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