Sodium Phytate

Sodium phytate is a chelating agent, which means it grabs onto minerals and metals in a formula and holds onto them. This keeps those minerals from reacting with other ingredients and destabilizing the product. It's the kind of thing that works behind the scenes to keep your skincare stable and effective over time. You'll find it listed in oral care products too, where it does similar stabilizing work. It's not an active ingredient doing visible work on your skin, but rather a helper that makes sure everything else in the bottle stays balanced.