# Potassium fluoride

URL: https://app.greenveil.ai/ingredients/ingredient_cas_7789_23_3
Categories: beauty, food, industrial, pharma
Functions: oral care, Pharmaceutical
Identifier: 7789-23-3

> Potassium fluoride is used as oral care / pharmaceutical. Greenveil chemical-concern score: 70/100 — High concern based on regulatory listings.. Assessed from 7 sources.

## Safety assessment

- Chemical concern score: 70/100 — High concern based on regulatory listings.
- Confidence: 4
- Rationale: Potassium fluoride is restricted in cosmetic products under Annex III of the EU Cosmetics Regulation (EC) 1223/2009.

## Regulatory status

- EU: restricted — Annex III of EU Cosmetics Regulation (EC) 1223/2009: substances which cosmetic products must not contain except subject to the restrictions laid down. Product types: Oral products Maximum concentration: 0,15 % calculated as F. When mixed with other fluorine compounds permitted under this Annex, total F concentration must not exceed 0,15 % Conditions of use and warnings: Contains potassium fluoride For any toothpaste with compounds containing fluorine in a concentration of 0.1 to 0.15% calculated as F unless it is already labelled as contra-indicated for children (e.g. "for adult use only") the following labelling is obligatory: "Children of 6 years and younger: use a pea-sized amount for supervised brushing to minimise swallowing. In case of intake of fluoride…
- US: commercial use observed — EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 127 composition records across product categories including Home maintenance, Raw materials, Laboratory supplies. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including oral care, Pharmaceutical.
- US: marketed drug occurrence — FDA NDC lists this ingredient in 8 active drug products and 8 total products.
- US: listed in openFDA substance — openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.

_Assessed by Greenveil._