Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

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

Sodium Thiosulfate is a cosmetic ingredient that changes the chemistry of hair, as in perms. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 15 products, most often soaps.

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What does Sodium Thiosulfate do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Sodium Thiosulfate changes the chemistry of hair, as in perms. The EU’s CosIng database lists this job for it: reducing.

reducing

What other names and numbers does Sodium Thiosulfate have?

CAS number
7772-98-7, 10102-17-7
EC number
231-867-5
CosIng reference
38103

Which products contain Sodium Thiosulfate?

Open Beauty Facts finds Sodium Thiosulfate in the ingredient lists of 15 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often soaps, bar soaps and dermatological soaps.

  • Soaps4
  • Bar soaps2
  • Dermatological soaps1

Products with it, by country of sale: Germany 4 · France 2 · Peru 1 · Belgium 1.

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