“Sodium Dehydroacetate?”Here!
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In personal care
The sodium salt of dehydroacetic acid, a synthetic organic acid used as a preservative.
Why it’s used
It is added to formulas to inhibit the growth of bacteria, yeast, and mold, helping extend shelf life, often alongside other preservatives.
What the evidence says
We haven’t found a source for this one that you can open and check, so we’re not summarizing the evidence.
Look it up yourself
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- PubChem — what the substance is, chemically — names, synonyms and structure
- PubMed — every paper indexed by the US National Library of Medicine that names it
These are starting points, not our findings — we haven’t run them for you. A substance whose name is also an ordinary word (“Heart”, “Alanine”, “Water”) will return papers that are not about the ingredient at all.
Context
CIR's safety conclusion applies to the concentrations and conditions of use reported in cosmetic formulations, not to higher exposures outside that range.
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