Explained
This is the synthetic salt of gluconic acid, a form of PHA and mild exfoliant.
It is mainly used to stabilize oil and butter formulations from going bad. Sodium gluconate is a humectant, pH regulator, and chelating agent.
Chelating agents help neutralize unwanted metals from affecting the formulation.
Sodium gluconate is water-soluble.
Sodium Gluconate is a rare cosmetic ingredient, with about 2.1% of the products in our database containing it.
What it does:
Where it's used
Sodium Gluconate is most often found as ingredient number 18 within an ingredient list.
Of the 1 products in our database that have a known concentration of Sodium Gluconate, they all have a concentration of 0.2% specified within their ingredient lists.
These are the categories of products that use Sodium Gluconate the most:
References
Products with Sodium Gluconate
CosIng Data
- CosIng ID: 79485
- INCI Name: SODIUM GLUCONATE
- INN Name: sodium gluconate
- EC #: 208-407-7 / 238-976-7
- All Functions: Chelating, Skin Conditioning