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SODIUM METHYLPARABEN

Not on the EU Annex III list

SODIUM METHYLPARABEN is listed in the European Commission CosIng inventory under the functional category Preservative, with CAS number 5026-62-0 and EC number 225-714-1. SODIUM METHYLPARABEN is the INCI name of the substance known as methylparaben sodium (INN), also recorded as methylis parahydroxybenzoas natricum (Ph. Eur.) and Sodium 4-(methoxycarbonyl)phenolate (chemical name). CosIng records a restriction against it (V/12), so check the corresponding Annex entry before formulating. In the free INCIDB sample it appears on 1 product label, reaching position 50 on Kératine Color 4.6 Châtain Chocolat.

CAS REGISTRY NUMBER
5026-62-0
EC NUMBER
225-714-1
COSING FUNCTIONS
Preservative
COSING RESTRICTION
V/12
OTHER NAMES (COSING)
methylparaben sodium (INN)
methylis parahydroxybenzoas natricum (Ph. Eur.)
Sodium 4-(methoxycarbonyl)phenolate (chemical name)

Sample products containing SODIUM METHYLPARABEN

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 #50

Query SODIUM METHYLPARABEN in the full snapshot

import pyarrow.parquet as pq

ingredients = pq.read_table('ingredients.parquet').to_pandas()
target = ingredients[ingredients['inci_name'] == "SODIUM METHYLPARABEN"]
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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