What does Ammonium persulfate do?

Used in cosmetics as a bleaching agent and an oxidising agent.

Is Ammonium persulfate safe?

We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet. It is listed for cosmetic use in the EU.

beauty
cleaning
food
industrial

Ammonium persulfate

CAS 398469-95-9

Also registered as 3 other CAS numbers

2143053-20-5 · 2797194-01-3 · 7727-54-0

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Ammonium persulfate in plain language

What it is: Also known as Ammonium peroxydisulfate · Persulfate d'ammonium · Diammonium peroxydisulfate · Peroxydisulfuric acid (((HO)S(O)2)2O2), ammonium salt (1:2) · diazanium;sulfonatooxy sulfate · Ammonium peroxydisulphate
Show all 17 names
Ammonium persulphate · Ammonium Peroxodisulate · Ammonium peroxidodisulfate · Ammonium peroxodisulfate · Ammonium peroxysulfate · Bis(Ammonium) Peroxodisulfate · Diammonium peroxydisulphate · Diammonium peroxodisulphate · Diammonium persulfate · diammonium salt Peroxydisulfuric acid · ammonium peroxydisulfate(ammonium persulfate)
What it does: Used in cosmetics as a bleaching agent and an oxidising agent.
Bleaching
Oxidising
Bleaching agent
Antimicrobial
Is it a concern?: We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet. It is listed for cosmetic use in the EU.

Regulation

No restrictions found. Ammonium persulfate appears in these published regulatory listings.

Recorded in these product areas

Found in consumer products
Beauty
Cleaning
Pharma
Food
Industrial

EUCosIngActiveListed in CosIng inventory for cosmetic use.
- Listed in CosIng inventory for cosmetic use.Source →
USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 97 composition records across product categories including Construction and building materials, Laboratory supplies, Raw materials. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Oxidizing agent, Bleaching agent, Breaker.
- EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 97 composition records across product categories including Construction and building materials, Laboratory supplies, Raw materials. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Oxidizing agent, Bleaching agent, Breaker.Source →
USFDAlisted in openFDA substanceopenFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.
- openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.Source →

Expert safety opinions

No expert opinion on file for Ammonium persulfate. These are the independent scientific bodies that assess ingredients like this one; we show an opinion only when a record we hold cites it.

SCCS
EU Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety
No SCCS opinion on file.
CIR
Cosmetic Ingredient Review (US expert panel)
No CIR safety assessment on file.

Evidence & sources

No graded research studies for Ammonium persulfate yet. This record is compiled from the published data sources below — registries and regulatory listings, not study findings.

6 data sources

Where this comes from

CosIng
regulatory · updated 2026-09-23
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EPA Chemical and Products Database
exposure · updated September 2013
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EPA DSSTox Identifiers
chemistry · updated 2025-12-29
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FDA GSRS UNII
registry · updated 2026-02-26
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openFDA Substance
registry · updated 2026-05-24
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PubChem Live Enrichment
chemistry · updated 2026-05-17
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Suitability

Context-specific fit derived from published classifications and the current ingredient evidence profile.

Food use

Nothing to weigh for this context yet.

No signal in this context

We have no published hazard signal for this ingredient, so we cannot say how it behaves in this context — that is missing evidence, not a clean result.

Fragrance avoidance

Nothing to weigh for this context yet.

No signal in this context

We have no published hazard signal for this ingredient, so we cannot say how it behaves in this context — that is missing evidence, not a clean result.

Where it has been recorded

How often EPA CPDat has listed Ammonium persulfate in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

Named organisations

Construction and building materialsLaboratory suppliesRaw materialsFood and drugPersonal careCleaning products and household care

Typical roles

BleachingOxidisingBleaching agentAntimicrobial

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Catalog

Found in these products

Cosmetic and personal-care products that list Ammonium persulfate are shown first. Their ingredient lists include Ammonium persulfate; each product's own rating depends on its whole formula, so it is shown on the product page, not here.

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