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

Is Sodium Perborate natural?

Yes. Sodium perborate is an inorganic mineral salt built from sodium and borate, both classed as natural origin.

INCI nameSodium Perborate
CAS15120-21-5
FormulaBNaO3 · 81.80 Da
FunctionOral Care · Oxidising
FeedstockSodium perborate is manufactured from borax (a natural…

How we scored it

Sodium + perborate (boron mineral), both natural origin under ISO 16128 = 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

Sodium perborate is manufactured from borax (a natural boron mineral) reacted with sodium carbonate and hydrogen peroxide. Sodium and boron are both mineral-derived.

In plain English

A mineral-derived oxidising ingredient used in whitening toothpastes and some hair or oral care products to release oxygen for a bleaching or foaming effect.

CosIng definition: Sodium Perborate is the inorganic salt that conforms to the formula:

Structure

2D structure of Sodium Perborate

sodium oxidooxy(oxo)borane

PubChem CID 517072 ↗

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 Perborate. PubChem CID 517072. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 3SODIUM PERBORATE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 4SODIUM PERBORATE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=SODIUM%20PERBORATE