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Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

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

Sodium Pyruvate is a cosmetic ingredient that keeps the skin in good condition. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 7 products, most often face lotions.

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What does Sodium Pyruvate do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Sodium Pyruvate keeps the skin in good condition. The EU’s CosIng database lists this job for it: skin conditioning.

skin conditioning

What other names and numbers does Sodium Pyruvate have?

CAS number
113-24-6
EC number
204-024-4
CosIng reference
59554

Which products contain Sodium Pyruvate?

Open Beauty Facts finds Sodium Pyruvate in the ingredient lists of 7 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often face lotions, soaps and bath and shower.

  • Face lotions1
  • Soaps1
  • Bath and shower1

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 2 · France 2 · United Kingdom 1 · Netherlands 1.

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