Database/Oral Care/Sodium Chlorite
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Sodium Chlorite natural?

Yes. Sodium and chlorite ions both derive from salt brine via electrochemical processing; no organic petrochemical fragment exists.

INCI nameSodium Chlorite
CAS7758-19-2
FormulaClNaO2 · 90.44 Da
FunctionOral Care · Oxidising
FeedstockManufactured by electrolysing sodium chloride brine to sodium…

How we scored it

Inorganic mineral salt (Na+ and ClO2-) from brine electrolysis; wholly mineral origin, no carbon-based petrochemical fragment. 1.0.
What counts. ISO 16128-2 scores the atoms that remain in the final ingredient. Reagents, solvents, catalysts and protecting groups used during manufacture leave no mass behind and are not counted.

Where it comes from

Manufactured by electrolysing sodium chloride brine to sodium chlorate, then reducing it to sodium chlorite. The process is mineral/electrochemical, with no petrochemical feedstock involved.

In plain English

A mineral salt used in mouthwashes and toothpaste for its oxidising, antimicrobial action, manufactured from ordinary salt through an electrochemical process.

Structure

2D structure of Sodium Chlorite

sodium chlorite

PubChem CID 23668197 ↗

References

  1. 1ISO 16128-1:2016 and ISO 16128-2:2017 — Guidelines on technical definitions and criteria for natural and organic cosmetic ingredients and products. ISO, Geneva.
  2. 2Sodium Chlorite. PubChem CID 23668197. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 3SODIUM CHLORITE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 4SODIUM CHLORITE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=SODIUM%20CHLORITE