Database/Anticaking/Sodium Trimetaphosphate
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Sodium Trimetaphosphate natural?

Yes. Made from mined phosphate rock and sodium carbonate; phosphate and sodium are natural-origin minerals under ISO 16128.

INCI nameSodium Trimetaphosphate
CAS7785-84-4
FunctionAnticaking · Buffering
FeedstockManufactured by heating sodium phosphate derived from phosphate…

How we scored it

Inorganic condensed phosphate salt from phosphate rock and soda ash; both mineral-derived, no organic carbon.
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 heating sodium phosphate derived from phosphate rock until it cyclises into the trimetaphosphate salt. Both the phosphate and sodium components are mineral in origin.

In plain English

A mineral salt made from phosphate rock, used to bind metals and buffer pH in formulas. It is entirely mineral-derived.

Structure

2D structure of Sodium Trimetaphosphate

PubChem CID 24579 ↗

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 Trimetaphosphate. PubChem CID 24579. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 3SODIUM TRIMETAPHOSPHATE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 4SODIUM TRIMETAPHOSPHATE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=SODIUM%20TRIMETAPHOSPHATE