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Benzophenone-5

Sodium salt of benzophenone-4. Australia allows 10% (as sulisobenzone sodium); the EU reads it across at 5% as acid. Not a common Australian sunscreen active.

Benzophenone-5 is the sodium salt of sulisobenzone. Annex VI treats it as the same entry as BP-4, 5% as acid, and a June 2025 SCCS opinion confirmed 5% as safe by read-across from BP-4. Australia lists it as sulisobenzone sodium at 10%.

Same caveats as BP-4: not oxybenzone, not benzophenone the impurity. Include so a CosIng name on an imported label resolves.

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Sunscreens with Benzophenone-5

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