Ingredient
Sodium Hydroxymethylglycinate
A formaldehyde-releasing preservative used in some products marketed as more natural.
What it does
Preservative
Keeps the product free of microbial growth in use.
What we tell people
- Contains a formaldehyde-releasing preservative
This product contains a preservative that works by slowly releasing formaldehyde. EU rules require products above a threshold to carry a specific label warning.
Why: This group is genuinely subject to a labelling obligation, so it is marked regulatory. The ingredient is not formaldehyde itself, and the flag says so.
Reference
- In our catalogue
- Not yet seen in a product we hold
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