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Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

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

Sodium Hyaluronate is a cosmetic ingredient that holds water in the skin or the product. Whether it is vegan depends on the make. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 1,045 products, most often face care.

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What does Sodium Hyaluronate do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Sodium Hyaluronate holds water in the skin or the product and keeps the skin in good condition. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: humectant and skin conditioning.

humectantskin conditioning

What other names and numbers does Sodium Hyaluronate have?

CAS number
9067-32-7
CosIng reference
79556

Is Sodium Hyaluronate vegan?

It depends on the make. Sodium Hyaluronate can be made from plants or from animals, and a label rarely says which, so a vegan profile gets Heads up.

VeganHeads upIt can be made from plants or from animals, and a label rarely says which.
VegetarianHeads upIt can be made from an animal source, and a label rarely says which.

Which products contain Sodium Hyaluronate?

Open Beauty Facts finds Sodium Hyaluronate in the ingredient lists of 1,045 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often face care, facial creams and skincare.

  • Face care62
  • Facial creams53
  • Skincare41
  • Face makeup40

Products with it, by country of sale: Germany 182 · France 164 · United States 164 · Australia 95.

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

On these listsHumectants

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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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