Database/Chelating/Sodium Gluconate
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Sodium Gluconate natural?

Yes. Sodium salt of gluconic acid, made by fermenting glucose, neutralised with a mineral sodium source.

INCI nameSodium Gluconate
CAS527-07-1
FormulaC6H11NaO7 · 218.14 Da
FunctionChelating · Skin Conditioning
FeedstockProduced by fermenting glucose (e.g. from corn) with…

How we scored it

Gluconic acid from glucose fermentation (196 Da) + Na+ mineral ion (23 Da); both natural = 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.

How it’s made

Neutralisation of fermentation gluconic acid with sodium hydroxide. Each curved arrow moves one electron pair, and the film ends on the score above.

Where it comes from

Produced by fermenting glucose (e.g. from corn) with Aspergillus niger to gluconic acid, then neutralising with sodium hydroxide/carbonate. No alternative petrochemical route is used commercially.

In plain English

The sodium salt of gluconic acid, made by fermenting glucose (e.g. corn sugar) and adding a mineral sodium component. Used to bind trace metals in a formula and to condition skin.

Structure

2D structure of Sodium Gluconate

sodium (2R,3S,4R,5R)-2,3,4,5,6-pentahydroxyhexanoate

PubChem CID 23672301 ↗

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 Gluconate. PubChem CID 23672301. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 3SODIUM GLUCONATE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 4SODIUM GLUCONATE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=SODIUM%20GLUCONATE