Sodium hexametaphosphate derives its vegan and vegetarian status from phosphoric acid, sodium carbonate.
| Vegan? Yes | Vegetarian? Yes |
Classifications are made based on the available commercial supply of the ingredient, and are made based on the criteria on our classifications page.
Commercially available sodium hexametaphosphate is vegan and vegetarian.
Sodium Hexametaphosphate is used as a chelating agent and corrosion inhibitor in cosmetics. It is derived from phosphoric acid and sodium carbonate.
Sources
- https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Hexasodium-hexametaphosphate
- (Ed.). (2001). Final Report on the Safety Assessment of Sodium Metaphosphate, Sodium Trimetaphosphate, and Sodium Hexametaphosphate. International Journal of Toxicology, 20(3_suppl), 75–89.
https://doi.org/10.1080/10915810152630756