Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Trisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Trisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate is a cosmetic ingredient that binds metals in water so the product stays stable. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 263 products, most often foundations.

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What does Trisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Trisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate binds metals in water so the product stays stable. The EU’s CosIng database lists this job for it: chelating.

chelating

What other names and numbers does Trisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate have?

CAS number
20846-91-7, 178949-82-1
CosIng reference
59889

Which products contain Trisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate?

Open Beauty Facts finds Trisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate in the ingredient lists of 263 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often foundations, face makeup and sunscreen.

  • Foundations24
  • Face makeup24
  • Sunscreen19

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 70 · France 41 · Australia 27 · Germany 22.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Trisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate 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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