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Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

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

Sodium Sulfate is a cosmetic ingredient that makes the product thicker or thinner. It is vegan. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 417 products, most often bath and shower.

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What does Sodium Sulfate do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Sodium Sulfate makes the product thicker or thinner and adds volume to a powder. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: viscosity controlling and bulking.

viscosity controllingbulking

What other names and numbers does Sodium Sulfate have?

CAS number
7727-73-3, 7757-82-6
EC number
231-820-9
CosIng reference
38093

Is Sodium Sulfate vegan?

Yes. Open Beauty Facts records nothing from an animal in Sodium Sulfate.

VeganFits youNothing from an animal, by the Open Beauty Facts record.
VegetarianFits youNothing from an animal, by the Open Beauty Facts record.

Which products contain Sodium Sulfate?

Open Beauty Facts finds Sodium Sulfate in the ingredient lists of 417 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often bath and shower, shower gels and hair care.

  • Bath and shower38
  • Shower gels34
  • Hair care29
  • Shampoos29

Products with it, by country of sale: France 116 · Germany 104 · Australia 29 · United States 26.

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