POTASSIUM PERSULFATE
Official label name (INCI name, EU glossary of cosmetic ingredient names), No 22741
- No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation
POTASSIUM PERSULFATE: no specific rule of the EU Cosmetics Regulation names it. It is neither prohibited nor restricted there, and it is on none of its lists of colorants, preservatives or UV filters.
In plain words
What it is used for
Functions declared by manufacturers:
Oxidising: changes the chemical nature of another substance by adding oxygen or removing hydrogen.
What the rules say
No EU rule targets this ingredient specifically. It remains subject to the general rule: every product must undergo a safety assessment before it is sold (Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009), under the manufacturer's responsibility.
The text of the annexes
No specific rule of the EU Cosmetics Regulation names this ingredient: it is on none of its lists (prohibited, restricted, colorants, preservatives, UV filters). It may be used under the responsibility of the manufacturer, who must ensure the product is safe.
Identity
- CosIng identifier
- 37014
- CAS (according to CosIng)
- 7727-21-1
- EC (according to CosIng)
- 231-781-8
- Declared functions
- Oxidising
- Wikidata
- Q415226
- ECHA InfoCard
- 100.028.893
- InChIKey
- USHAGKDGDHPEEY-UHFFFAOYSA-L
Classified hazard (CLP Regulation)
A classification describes an intrinsic hazard, not a risk: the risk depends on the dose, the form and the exposure.
dipotassium peroxodisulphate; potassium persulphate
No harmonised CMR classification
- Hazard classes
- Ox. Sol. 3
Acute Tox. 4 *
Eye Irrit. 2
STOT SE 3
Skin Irrit. 2
Resp. Sens. 1
Skin Sens. 1 - Hazard statements
- H272 H302 H319 H335 H315 H334 H317
Elsewhere in the world
Information on other jurisdictions. What is covered, and what is not yet.
United Kingdom (Great Britain)
- No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation
Switzerland
Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 applies in Switzerland (Article 54 of the Ordinance on Foodstuffs and Utility Articles).
United States, federal rules
None of the integrated sections of the federal code (21 CFR 700.11 to 700.27 and 250.250) targets this name. The FDA does not publish a list of allowed ingredients.
South Korea
- Restricted: 과황산나트륨 과황산암모늄 과황산칼륨 (POTASSIUM PERSULFATE)
별표 2, 염모제 성분 (hair colorants), entry 41, page 21. Conditions (source text, in Korean): 비고: 염모제(탈염ㆍ 탈색 포함)에서 산화보조제로 서 사용 | 화학물질명: 과황산나트륨 (CAS No. 7775-27-1) | 화학물질명: 과황산암모늄 (CAS No. 7727-54-0) | 화학물질명: 과황산칼륨 (CAS No. 7727-21-1)
Australia
- Subject to conditions (threshold, labelling or packaging): POTASSIUM PERSULFATE
Poisons Standard, Schedule 6 (cosmetic entries), page 277. Conditions (source text): in hair preparations.
Recorded cosmetics that contain it
3 recorded products list it, according to Open Beauty Facts contributors. Records are dated: the formula may have changed. See the list (page in French).
Glossary: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1175. Page updated on 21 October 2026.