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Disodium glutamate

CAS 16079-50-8

Also registered as 1 other CAS number

16690-92-9

Disodium glutamate chemical structure

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Disodium glutamate in plain language

What it is

Also known as Disodium glutamate, l- · Disodium s-glutamate · Disodium (2S)-2-aminopentanedioate · Glutamic acid disodium salt · Glutamic acid, disodium salt, l- · L(+)-glutamic acid disodium salt

Show all 14 names

Disodium salt l-glutamic acid · L-glutamic acid, sodium salt (1:2) · Accent · Disodium L-glutamate · Disodium cocoyl glutamate · Sodium L-glutamate · UNII-H0US799L9M · UNII-MBK0CP8F5A

What it does

We don't have a plain-language description for Disodium glutamate yet.

Is it a concern?
We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet.

What we know about this ingredient

EPA DSSTox provides the canonical identifier, structure, and synonym profile for this chemical.

Regulation

No restrictions found. Disodium glutamate appears in these published regulatory listings.

  • USFDAlisted in openFDA substanceopenFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.
    • openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.Source →

Evidence & sources

No graded research studies for Disodium glutamate yet. This record is compiled from the published data sources below — registries and regulatory listings, not study findings.

4 data sources

Where this comes from

  • EPA DSSTox Identifiers

    chemistry · updated 2025-12-29

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  • FDA GSRS UNII

    registry · updated 2026-02-26

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  • openFDA Substance

    registry · updated 2026-05-24

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  • PubChem Live Enrichment

    chemistry · updated 2026-05-17

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Suitability

Context-specific fit derived from published classifications and the current ingredient evidence profile.

Fragrance avoidance

Nothing to weigh for this context yet.

No signal in this context

We have no published hazard signal for this ingredient, so we cannot say how it behaves in this context — that is missing evidence, not a clean result.

Catalog

Found in these products

Their ingredient lists include Disodium glutamate; each product's own rating depends on its whole formula, so it is shown on the product page, not here.