Database/Preservative/Sodium Iodate
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Sodium Iodate natural?

Yes. Sodium and iodate are both inorganic, mineral/brine-derived ions with no organic or petrochemical fragment.

INCI nameSodium Iodate
CAS7681-55-2
FormulaINaO3 · 197.892 Da
FunctionPreservative
FeedstockProduced from mined or brine-extracted iodine, oxidized to…

How we scored it

Fully inorganic mineral salt (Na+ and IO3-, both mineral-derived) → 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

Produced from mined or brine-extracted iodine, oxidized to iodate and combined with sodium from mineral salt sources. Purely inorganic; no synthetic organic route.

In plain English

A mineral salt used in small amounts as a preservative and stabiliser in some cosmetic formulas.

Structure

2D structure of Sodium Iodate

sodium iodate

PubChem CID 23675764 ↗

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 Iodate. PubChem CID 23675764. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 3SODIUM IODATE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 4SODIUM IODATE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=SODIUM%20IODATE