Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

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

Sodium Phosphate is a cosmetic ingredient that keeps the product's acidity steady. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 134 products, most often toothpastes.

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What does Sodium Phosphate do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Sodium Phosphate keeps the product's acidity steady. The EU’s CosIng database lists this job for it: buffering.

buffering

What other names and numbers does Sodium Phosphate have?

CAS number
7558-80-7, 7632-05-5
EC number
231-449-2, 231-558-5
CosIng reference
38030

Which products contain Sodium Phosphate?

Open Beauty Facts finds Sodium Phosphate in the ingredient lists of 134 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often toothpastes, mouthwash and shower gels.

  • Toothpastes12
  • Mouthwash8
  • Shower gels8

Products with it, by country of sale: France 58 · Australia 22 · United States 11 · Spain 7.

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