Food use
Food-use source coverage is present in the current record.
The ingredient appears in food-oriented source coverage or allowed-use references, which makes food use easier to support than a context with no domain signal at all.
- beauty
- cleaning
- food
- industrial
Disodium sulfide
(a) Alkali sulphides (b) Alkaline earth sulphides is restricted in cosmetic products under Annex III of the EU Cosmetics Regulation (EC) 1223/2009.
RestrictedEU EC — restricted
Concern score
70/100High concern based on regulatory listings.
Well researched
How we scored this
This score describes the ingredient's chemical identity — its hazard profile from the published classifications and regulatory status below — not the safety of any product it appears in. Ingredients we have no hazard signal for are labelled “Not assessed” rather than scored.
Concern score 70/100 (high) · high confidence.
Regional restrictions
- 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: (a) Depilatories (b) Depilatories Maximum concentration: (a) 2% (as sulphur) (b) 6% (as sulphur) Other conditions: pH Conditions of use and warnings: (a) (b) Keep out of reach of children Avoid contact with eyes
Where it appears
Prevalence of Disodium sulfide in our catalog (epa_cpdat).
Products
31
Brands
5
Furniture and furnishingsLaboratory suppliesFood and drugCleaning and safety
Typical roles
Depilatory
Suitability
Context-specific fit derived from published classifications and the current ingredient evidence profile.
Good fit
Fragrance avoidance
No fragrance-linked caution surfaced in the current profile.
This ingredient does not currently read as a fragrance-linked driver in the published evidence and hazard profile.
Evidence
No graded sources yet for Disodium sulfide. We publish evidence only once a source is linked and reviewed — this ingredient is in the catalog, but has not been assessed.
Regulatory status
Restrictions first, then routine listings from published regulatory sources.
- View source →restricted
EUEC
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: (a) Depilatories (b) Depilatories Maximum concentration: (a) 2% (as sulphur) (b) 6% (as sulphur) Other conditions: pH Conditions of use and warnings: (a) (b) Keep out of reach of children Avoid contact with eyes
USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 31 composition records across product categories including Furniture and furnishings, Laboratory supplies, Food and drug. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Depilatory.
- EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 31 composition records across product categories including Furniture and furnishings, Laboratory supplies, Food and drug. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Depilatory.Source →
USFDAlisted in openFDA substanceopenFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.
- openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.Source →