Is SODIUM BENZOATE Safe? — Ingredient Safety Profile · Greenveil
beauty / cleaning / food / industrial / pharma
SODIUM BENZOATE
EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 8863 composition records across product categories including Home maintenance, Laboratory supplies, Industrial products.
Research docs0Claims0Sources42FunctionBiocide • Corrosion inhibitorIdentifierDTXSID1020140
Concern score
45/100Moderate concern based on regulatory listings.
Well researched
How we scored this
The concern value is driven by the published classifications and regulatory status below — not by a single signal.
Concern score 45/100 (moderate) · 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.
US
EPA
commercial use observed
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.
