Is SODIUM BENZOATE Safe? — Ingredient Safety Profile · Greenveil
beauty / cleaning / food / industrial / pharma
SODIUM BENZOATE
Benzoic acid and its sodium salt is listed in Annex V of the EU Cosmetics Regulation (EC) 1223/2009 (preservatives allowed in cosmetic products).
Research docs0Claims0Sources43Functionpreservative • BiocideIdentifier65-85-0
Concern score
25/100Minor concern based on regulatory listings.
Well researched
How we scored this
The concern value reflects this ingredient's chemical identity — its hazard profile from the published classifications and regulatory status below — not the safety of a product it appears in. A score near 40 is the baseline for ingredients with no specific signal (water scores 40 by design), so a mid-range value is not a safety verdict.
Concern score 25/100 (minor) · high confidence.
Where it appears
Prevalence of SODIUM BENZOATE in our catalog (epa_cpdat).
Products
8,863
Brands
6
Home maintenanceLaboratory suppliesIndustrial productsFood and drugSpecialty occupational productsConstruction and building materials
Context-specific fit derived from published classifications and the current ingredient evidence profile.
Food use
Food-use source coverage is present in the current record.
Good fit
The ingredient appears in food-oriented source coverage or allowed-use references, which makes food use easier to support than a context with no domain signal at all.
Fragrance avoidance
Not a strong fit for fragrance avoidance because it carries Fragrance.
Avoid
Linked research
Primary documents currently linked to this ingredient record.
No linked research documents are attached to this ingredient yet.
Extracted claims
Structured claim signals pulled from linked ingredient research.
No extracted claims are attached to this ingredient yet.
Regulatory status
Published jurisdiction-level classifications and regulatory designations for this ingredient.
EU
EC
allowed_listed
Annex V of EU Cosmetics Regulation (EC) 1223/2009: preservatives allowed in cosmetic products. Product types: a) Rinse-off products, except oral care products b) Oral care products c) Leave-on products Maximum concentration: a) 2.5% (acid) b) 1.7% (acid) c) 0.5% (acid)
EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 8863 composition records across product categories including Home maintenance, Laboratory supplies, Industrial products. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Preservative, Corrosion inhibitor, Biocide.
