It is the sodium salt of PCA and is used as a moisture-binding ingredient in skincare.

What is the skin’s natural moisturising factor?

A mixture of water-binding substances in the skin’s outermost layer, including amino acids, PCA and lactic acid. The moisturising factor helps keep the skin supple.

Is sodium PCA natural?

PCA occurs naturally in the skin. Sodium PCA is a salt of PCA that is also manufactured for use in cosmetics.

Can sodium PCA be used on sensitive skin?

Sodium PCA is also used in care products for sensitive skin. It is the composition of the entire product that needs to suit your skin.

Sodium PCA

INCI: Sodium PCA

Binds moisture in the skin's outermost layer

Written by ECOOKING Research (R&D) · Updated 20.10.2026

At a glance

Suits: All skin types, especially dry skin
Helps with: Dry skin, Dry hands, Dry feet
Pairs well with: Glycerin, Hyaluronic acid, Panthenol
Found in: 19 ECOOKING products

What can Sodium PCA help with?

Dry skin

Sodium PCA binds water and helps dry skin feel supple.^[1]

Dry hands

Sodium PCA is used as a moisture-binding ingredient in our hand soap and scrub.

Dry feet

In the overnight foot cream, sodium PCA helps bind moisture in dry and rough skin.

How it works

Sodium PCA is a moisture-binding salt. It helps retain water in the skin's outermost layer and is used in both creams and rinse-off products.

PCA is one of the substances found in the skin's natural moisturising factor. This is the skin's own mixture of water-binding substances. Sodium PCA is the sodium salt of PCA.

How to use it

Can be used every day.
Use hand soap and follow with hand cream.
Apply serum to slightly damp skin.
You can find sodium PCA in hand soap, toner, scrub and serum.

Products with Sodium PCA

Super Serum
Fragrance-free anti-ageing serum that firms, reduces fine lines and wrinkles,...
20 ml50 ml10 ml

4,8 4,8 out of 5 stars (102)
From €35,95

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Hyaluronic Serum
Fragrance-free moisturising serum that provides intense moisture and plumpnes...
20 ml10 ml

4,7 4,7 out of 5 stars (81)
From €35,95

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Hand Soap
Liquid hand soap that turns daily handwashing into a little moment of wellbei...
0103Fragrance-free500 ml

4,7 4,7 out of 5 stars (152)
€23,95

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Self Tanning Drops
Fragrance-free self tanning drops for the face and body that give a natural g...
30 ml10 ml

4,7 4,7 out of 5 stars (62)
From €15,95

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Overnight Foot Cream
Overnight foot cream that softens hard skin and moisturises dry feet and crac...
100 ml75 ml

4,9 4,9 out of 5 stars (134)
From €25,95

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Skintonic
Fragrance-free toner and face mist that removes remaining impurities after cl...
200 ml

4,7 4,7 out of 5 stars (56)
€27,95
Vitamin C serum 10 ml
Our vitamin C serum 10 ml gives plenty of glow, smooths and evens the skin an...
10 ml

4,5 4,5 out of 5 stars (35)
€35,95
Bodycare Scrub
Fragrance-free bodycare scrub for rough skin that removes dead skin cells and...
200 ml

4,6 4,6 out of 5 stars (15)
€27,95

See all 19 products with Sodium PCA

Frequently asked questions

Sources

The sources include a review of trials with PCA in creams and lotions^[1] and a review article on the skin’s natural moisturising factor.^[2] They also include a safety assessment of PCA and its sodium, calcium, magnesium and potassium salts.^[3]