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Sodium Citrate
Sodium Citrate
A pH helper that keeps a product’s acidity steady so it keeps working.
What it does
It keeps a product’s pH steady, so the product doesn’t change or lose strength over time. It’s often used with citric acid, and it also binds trace metals that can spoil a product. It’s there to keep the product stable, not to do anything to your skin.
The EU’s ingredient database lists it as a pH adjuster (sets how acidic the product is) and a chelating agent (holds on to metals that could spoil the product).European Commission, CosIng (© European Union, CC BY 4.0) · uses put in plain words by Drop ↗
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