What does Potassium caroate do?

Used in cosmetics as an oxidising agent. Mixture of potassium monopersulfate, potassium sulphate, and potassium bisulfate.

Is Potassium caroate safe?

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

beauty
cleaning

Potassium caroate

CAS 70693-62-8

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Potassium caroate in plain language

What it is: On cosmetic ingredient lists it appears as “Potassium monopersulfate”.
Also known as Potassium monopersulfate · Pentapotassium bis(peroxymonosulphate) bis(sulphate) · Potassium peroxymonosulfate sulfate (K5(HSO5)2(HSO4)(SO4)) · pentapotassium bis(peroxymonosulphate) bis(sulfate)
What it does: Used in cosmetics as an oxidising agent. Mixture of potassium monopersulfate, potassium sulphate, and potassium bisulfate.
Oxidising
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. Potassium caroate appears in these published regulatory listings.

Recorded in these product areas

Found in consumer products
Cleaning

EUCosIngActive2 entries
- Mixture of potassium monopersulfate, potassium sulphate, and potassium bisulfateSource →
- Listed in CosIng inventory for cosmetic use.Source →
USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 1 composition records across product categories including Cleaning products and household care. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Oxidizing agent, Brightener.
- EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 1 composition records across product categories including Cleaning products and household care. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Oxidizing agent, Brightener.Source →

Expert safety opinions

No expert opinion on file for Potassium caroate. 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 Potassium caroate yet. This record is compiled from the published data sources below — registries and regulatory listings, not study findings.

2 data sources

Where this comes from

CosIng
regulatory · updated 2026-09-23
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EPA Chemical and Products Database
exposure · updated october 15, 2019
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Suitability

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

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 Potassium caroate in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

Named organisations

Cleaning products and household care

Typical roles

Oxidising

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Catalog

Found in these products

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

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