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Acetic acid, hydroxysulfo-, disodium salt

CAS 29736-24-1

Acetic acid, hydroxysulfo-, disodium salt chemical structure

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Acetic acid, hydroxysulfo-, disodium salt in plain language

What it is

On cosmetic ingredient lists it appears as “Disodium hydroxysulfinoacetate”.

Also known as Disodium hydroxysulfinoacetate · Disodium hydroxysulfoacetate · Disodium .alpha.-sulfoglycolate · 2-HYDROXY-2-SULFONATOACETIC acid, disodium salt · Acetic acid, 2-HYDROXY-2-SULFO-, sodium salt (1:2) · Disodium hydroxy(sulfonato)acetate

Show all 15 names

Glycolic acid, sulfo-, disodium salt · disodium;2-hydroxy-2-sulfonatoacetate · Ajxnwwlxmkdnhf-uhfffaoysa-l · Acetic acid, 2-hydroxy-2-sulfino-, sodium salt (1:2) · Acetic acid, 2-hydroxy-2-sulfo-, sodium salt · Blancolen(registered) HP · Ec 608-408-6 · Q27236880 · UNII-0K095R699D

What it does

Used in cosmetics as a reducing agent.

  • Reducing
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. Acetic acid, hydroxysulfo-, disodium salt appears in these published regulatory listings.

Recorded in these product areas

  • Found in consumer products
  • Industrial
  • EUCosIngActiveListed in CosIng inventory for cosmetic use.
    • Listed in CosIng inventory for cosmetic use.Source →
  • USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 0 composition records across product categories including unclassified products. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Reducing agent.
    • EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 0 composition records across product categories including unclassified products. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Reducing 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 Acetic acid, hydroxysulfo-, disodium salt. 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 Acetic acid, hydroxysulfo-, disodium salt 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 2019-12-20

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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 Acetic acid, hydroxysulfo-, disodium salt in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Named organisations

1

Typical roles

Reducing
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