“Tetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate?”Here!GLDA
Appears in 1 scanned product.
In personal care
A synthetic chelating agent derived from glutamic acid, an amino acid, and modified to bind metal ions.
Why it’s used
It grabs onto trace metal ions in a formula that can otherwise destabilize it, discolor it, or interfere with preservatives, keeping the product consistent over time.
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
We would rather point you at the shelf than summarize something you can’t check. These are the same places we search:
- 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.
No claims graded here yet.
In household products
Rumors
Tetrasodium glutamate diacetate is not a skin irritant.
We haven’t found evidence strong enough to support this or rule it out.
What was measured is not yet noted.
Who’s saying this
- Puracy — a brand: sells plant-based cleaning and personal care products
How we know who this is
- “Our founder Sean Busch started Puracy with a single goal: to make effective, plant-based cleaning and personal care products that were gentle enough to use around his growing family.” (their page)
- Puracy — a brand: sells plant-based cleaning and personal care products
GLDA protects fabrics and washing machines from mineral buildup.
We haven’t found evidence strong enough to support this or rule it out.
What was measured is not yet noted.
Who’s saying this
- Heritage Park Laundry Essentials — a brand: sells plant-based laundry products; family-owned
How we know who this is
- “At Heritage Park Laundry Essentials, we are dedicated to crafting laundry detergents that are safe, gentle, and environmentally friendly.” (their page)
- “As a family-owned and operated business, we take pride in crafting our high-quality, plant-based laundry detergents in small batches to ensure exceptional results and the utmost level of quality control.” (their page)
- Heritage Park Laundry Essentials — a brand: sells plant-based laundry products; family-owned
Tetrasodium glutamate diacetate causes skin irritation and has developmental, endocrine and reproductive effects.
We haven’t found evidence strong enough to support this or rule it out.
What was measured is not yet noted.
Who’s saying this
- ewg.org — we couldn’t open the site to see who runs it
Tetrasodium glutamate diacetate (GLDA) is readily biodegradable and is an eco-friendly, more sustainable alternative to EDTA.
We haven’t found evidence strong enough to support this or rule it out.
What was measured is not yet noted.
Who’s saying this
- Heritage Park Laundry Essentials — a brand: sells plant-based laundry products; family-owned
How we know who this is
- “At Heritage Park Laundry Essentials, we are dedicated to crafting laundry detergents that are safe, gentle, and environmentally friendly.” (their page)
- “As a family-owned and operated business, we take pride in crafting our high-quality, plant-based laundry detergents in small batches to ensure exceptional results and the utmost level of quality control.” (their page)
- Heritage Park Laundry Essentials — a brand: sells plant-based laundry products; family-owned
GLDA makes laundry detergent clean better in hard water.
We haven’t found evidence strong enough to support this or rule it out.
What was measured is not yet noted.
Who’s saying this
- Heritage Park Laundry Essentials — a brand: sells plant-based laundry products; family-owned
How we know who this is
- “At Heritage Park Laundry Essentials, we are dedicated to crafting laundry detergents that are safe, gentle, and environmentally friendly.” (their page)
- “As a family-owned and operated business, we take pride in crafting our high-quality, plant-based laundry detergents in small batches to ensure exceptional results and the utmost level of quality control.” (their page)
- Heritage Park Laundry Essentials — a brand: sells plant-based laundry products; family-owned