# SODIUM GLUCONATE

URL: https://app.greenveil.ai/ingredients/ingredient_inci_sodium_gluconate
Categories: beauty, industrial
Functions: Skin conditioning, Chelating
Identifier: DTXSID00894961

> SODIUM GLUCONATE: Used in cosmetics as a skin-conditioning agent and a chelating agent. Greenveil chemical-concern score: 0/100 — Low concern — well-established and permitted without restriction (FDA GRAS; JECFA ADI not specified; EU food additive; EU CosIng).. Compiled from 2 published data sources.

## Safety assessment

- Chemical concern score: 0/100 — Low concern — well-established and permitted without restriction (FDA GRAS; JECFA ADI not specified; EU food additive; EU CosIng).
- Confidence in this assessment: High
- Is it a concern? Low concern: no hazard classifications on record. It is listed for cosmetic use in the EU.
- Rationale: EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 0 composition records across product categories including unclassified products.

## Regulatory status

- EU: Active — Listed in CosIng inventory for cosmetic use.
- US: commercial use observed — EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 0 composition records across product categories including unclassified products.

## Expert safety opinions

- SCCS (EU Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety): no opinion on file.
- CIR (Cosmetic Ingredient Review (US expert panel)): no opinion on file.

## Data sources

- CosIng (updated 2026-09-23): https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/details/79485
- EPA Chemical and Products Database (updated January 7, 2008): https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214750014001632

_Assessed by Greenveil._