# Potassium bromate

URL: https://app.greenveil.ai/ingredients/ingredient_cas_7758_01_2
Categories: beauty, food, industrial, pharma
Functions: Filler, Food preservative, Leavening agent, Oxidizing agent
Identifier: 7758-01-2

> Potassium bromate is used as filler / food preservative. Greenveil chemical-concern score: 100/100 — Critical concern driven by cmr.. Assessed from 6 sources.

## Safety assessment

- Chemical concern score: 100/100 — Critical concern driven by cmr.
- Confidence: 4
- Rationale: Potassium bromate is prohibited in cosmetic products under Annex II of the EU Cosmetics Regulation (EC) 1223/2009.

## Regulatory status

- EU: banned — Annex II of EU Cosmetics Regulation (EC) 1223/2009: substances prohibited in cosmetic products. CMR: Carcinogenic Cat. 1B()
- US: commercial use observed — EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 25 composition records across product categories including Laboratory supplies, Specialty occupational products, Food and drug. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Oxidizing agent, Leavening agent, Filler.
- US: listed in openFDA substance — openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.

_Assessed by Greenveil._