Cosmetic ingredient

SODIUM LACTATE

Sodium lactate is an ingredient used in cosmetic formulations with three technical functions: buffering, humectancy, and keratolytic action. Together, these functions place it in formulas concerned with acidity balance, water retention, and keratolytic activity.

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CAS number
72-17-3 / 867-56-1
EC number
200-772-0 / 212-762-3
Chemical name
Sodium lactate

SODIUM LACTATE: what it is

Sodium lactate is an ingredient used in cosmetic formulations with three technical functions: buffering, humectancy, and keratolytic action. Together, these functions place it in formulas concerned with acidity balance, water retention, and keratolytic activity.

SODIUM LACTATE: what it does in cosmetics

In a formulation, sodium lactate may serve as a buffering agent involved in maintaining the formula's acidity balance, as a humectant involved in water retention, and as a keratolytic ingredient in products classified for that function.

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