Sodium sulfate

INS 514(i)

Used as an acidity regulator.

Sodium sulfate is an acidity regulator and diluent, used as a carrier and to standardise the strength of other additives.

Where it is and isn’t permitted

Status of Sodium sulfate by jurisdiction. Every jurisdiction this site covers is listed, including those where the substance does not appear.
JurisdictionStatusScope and limitsCitation
United StatesFood and Drug AdministrationNot listedDoes not appear on this jurisdiction’s permitted list. That is not the same as being prohibited.
Codex AlimentariusCodex Alimentarius Commission / JECFAPermitted, with conditions

1 food category

no numerical limit (good manufacturing practice)

CXS 192-1995 Table Three, INS 514(i)and 1 further provisionretrieved 2026-09-07

What it is made from

Mined as the mineral mirabilite or thenardite, or recovered as a by-product of chemical manufacture.

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InChIKey
PMZURENOXWZQFD-UHFFFAOYSA-L
PubChem
CID 24436

Every name it appears under

61 recorded names. A label may use any of them.

INS number

  • 514(i)

CAS registry number

  • 13759-07-4
  • 15124-09-1
  • 7757-82-6

Other names

  • 0YPR65R21J
  • 36KCS0R750
  • Anhydrous sodium sulfate
  • Bestmade Natural Products Nat Sulph
  • Bisodium sulfate
  • BLI801 COMPONENT SODIUM SULFATE
  • BQCELL REVIRGIN GUNG
  • Caswell No. 793
  • Dibasic sodium sulfate
  • Disodium monosulfate
  • Disodium sulfate
  • Disodium sulphate
  • EPA Pesticide Chemical Code 005604
  • Glauber's Salt
  • Glaubers salt
  • HSDB 5042
  • INS NO.514(I)
  • INS-514(I)
  • Kemsol
  • Mang xiao
  • Mangxiao
  • Mirabilite
  • Na sulphate
  • Nat Sulph
  • Nat Sulph 3X
  • NAT SULPH 6X
  • Natrii sulfas
  • natrii sulphas
  • NATRIUM SULFURICUM 6X
  • Natriumsulfat
  • Natriumsulfat (German)
  • NATRUM SULPH
  • Natrum Sulph 3X
  • Natrum Sulphuricum
  • Natrum sulphuricum 30C
  • Natrum Sulphuricum 6X
  • Natrum Sulphuricum 8011
  • Salt cake
  • SODIUM SULFATE
  • Sodium sulfate (2:1)
  • Sodium sulfate (Na2SO4)
  • Sodium sulfate anhydrous
  • Sodium sulfate anhyfrous
  • Sodium sulfate anyhdrous
  • Sodium sulfate, dried
  • Sodium sulphate
  • Sodium sulphate anhydrous
  • sodium sulphate decahydrate
  • sodiumsulfate
  • Sulfate, sodium
  • Sulfuric acid disodium salt
  • Sulfuric acid disodium salt, anhydrous
  • Sulfuric Acid Disodium Salt, Decahydrate
  • Sulfuric acid sodium salt (1:2)
  • Sulfuric acid, sodium salt
  • Thenardite (Na2(SO4))
  • TONICPET 11

Hazard reference values

No reference value for this substance in the sources we hold.

Evidence and how bodies read it

Studies, and the differing conclusions regulators drew from them, are curated by hand rather than machine-read, and none has been written for this substance yet.

Sources for this page

  • gsfa retrieved 2026-09-07

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