beauty
cleaning

Trisodium sulfosuccinate

CAS 20526-58-3

Also registered as 1 other CAS number

13419-59-5

Trisodium sulfosuccinate chemical structure

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Trisodium sulfosuccinate in plain language

What it is: Also known as (±)-trisodium sulfosuccinate · Butanedioic acid, 2-SULFO-, sodium salt (1:3) · Butanedioic acid, sulfo-, trisodium salt · Succinic acid, sulfo-, trisodium salt · Sulfosuccinic acid trisodium salt · Trisodium sulfosuccinate, (±)-
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Trisodium 2-sulfonatobutanedioate · (+/-)-trisodium sulfosuccinate · Butanedioic acid, 2-sulfo-, sodium salt · Mackanate tss · Trisodium sulfosuccinate, (+/-)- · Trisodium sulfonatosuccinate · UNII-085WB9L09N · Zxgoacrtcprvon-uhfffaoysa-k · trisodium sulphonatosuccinate
What it does: Used in cosmetics as a cleansing agent, a pH buffer and a chelating agent.
Cleansing
Buffering
Chelating
Hydrotrope
Surfactant
Chelating agent
Is it a concern?: We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet. It is listed for cosmetic use in the EU.

Regulation

No restrictions found. Trisodium sulfosuccinate appears in these published regulatory listings.

Recorded in these product areas

Found in consumer products
Beauty
Cleaning

EUCosIngActiveListed in CosIng inventory for cosmetic use.
- Listed in CosIng inventory for cosmetic use.Source →
USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 16 composition records across product categories including Personal care. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Surfactant (surface active agent), Solubility enhancer, Chelating agent.
- EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 16 composition records across product categories including Personal care. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Surfactant (surface active agent), Solubility enhancer, Chelating agent.Source →
USFDAlisted in openFDA substanceopenFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.
- openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.Source →

Expert safety opinions

No expert opinion on file for Trisodium sulfosuccinate. These are the independent scientific bodies that assess ingredients like this one; we show an opinion only when a record we hold cites it.

SCCS
EU Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety
No SCCS opinion on file.
CIR
Cosmetic Ingredient Review (US expert panel)
No CIR safety assessment on file.

Evidence & sources

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

6 data sources

Where this comes from

CosIng
regulatory · updated 2026-09-23
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EPA Chemical and Products Database
exposure · updated June 2019
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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.

Where it has been recorded

How often EPA CPDat has listed Trisodium sulfosuccinate in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

Named organisations

Personal care

Typical roles

CleansingBufferingChelatingHydrotropeSurfactantChelating agent

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Catalog

Found in these products

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

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