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SODIUM BENZOATE

Not on the EU Annex III list

Sodium Benzoate is the sodium salt of benzoic acid that conforms to the formula:

SODIUM BENZOATE is listed in the European Commission CosIng inventory under the functional categories Anticorrosive, Fragrance, Preservative, with CAS number 532-32-1 and EC number 208-534-8. CosIng records a restriction against it (V/1), so check the corresponding Annex entry before formulating. In the free INCIDB sample it appears on 77 product labels, leading the declaration on Balea Augen Make-up Entferner ölfrei, 100 ml.

CAS REGISTRY NUMBER

532-32-1

EC NUMBER

208-534-8

COSING FUNCTIONS

Anticorrosive, Fragrance, Preservative

COSING RESTRICTION

V/1

Sample products containing SODIUM BENZOATE

Label positions from the free INCIDB sample. A lower position means the ingredient is declared earlier, i.e. present in a higher proportion.

PRODUCT	LABEL POSITION
Kératine Color 4.6 Châtain Chocolat	#39
Mousse à raser	#13
Eau micellaire visage & yeux à l'extrait de myrtille	#10
Shampooing nutri-réparation au dattier du désert	#22
Savon crème feuilles de verveine - karité	#10
Aloe dermo gel	#4
Douche Soin Nourissant	#9
Crème De Douche Lait D'ânesse Camomille Sans Sulfates	#22

Query SODIUM BENZOATE in the full snapshot

import pyarrow.parquet as pq

ingredients = pq.read_table('ingredients.parquet').to_pandas()
target = ingredients[ingredients['inci_name'] == "SODIUM BENZOATE"]
print(target[['ingredient_id', 'functions', 'cas_number', 'is_common_allergen']])

The complete snapshot covers 18,583 products. Coverage of each enrichment column is published, both per distinct name and weighted by label occurrence — see the coverage table.

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