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POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE

Not on the EU Annex III list

Potassium Hydroxide is the inorganic base

POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE is listed in the European Commission CosIng inventory under the functional category Buffering, with CAS number 1310-58-3 and EC number 215-181-3. CosIng records a restriction against it (III/15a, 15d), so check the corresponding Annex entry before formulating. In the free INCIDB sample it appears on 3 product labels, reaching position 5 on Nature In A Jar Gentle Detoxifying Cleanser With Agave.

CAS REGISTRY NUMBER
1310-58-3
EC NUMBER
215-181-3
COSING FUNCTIONS
Buffering
COSING RESTRICTION
III/15a, 15d

Sample products containing POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE

Label positions from the free INCIDB sample. A lower position means the ingredient is declared earlier, i.e. present in a higher proportion.

PRODUCT LABEL POSITION
Kératine Color 4.6 Châtain Chocolat #34
Nature In A Jar Gentle Detoxifying Cleanser With Agave #5
Mousse à raser douceur #6

Query POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE in the full snapshot

import pyarrow.parquet as pq

ingredients = pq.read_table('ingredients.parquet').to_pandas()
target = ingredients[ingredients['inci_name'] == "POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE"]
print(target[['ingredient_id', 'functions', 'cas_number', 'is_common_allergen']])

The complete snapshot covers 18,583 products. Coverage of each enrichment column is published, both per distinct name and weighted by label occurrence — see the coverage table.

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