Beauty ingredient · Active / skin conditioning
Hydrogen peroxide
An oxidizer used in hair dyes, teeth whitening and as an antiseptic; restricted by concentration in the EU.
- Expert review pending
Concern level
A minor or very limited concern, such as being an ultra-processing marker only. The concern level sets how many points hydrogen peroxide costs on a product’s receipt.
What the evidence says
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Restricted useRegulatory
The EU limits hydrogen peroxide and the compounds that release it, by product type and concentration (Annex III). [1]
Evidence tiers say how sure the evidence is, separately from how much it matters. About evidence tiers.
Popular products that list hydrogen peroxide
1 of the 17,000 most-scanned products in the US with a GoodSwap page list hydrogen peroxide.
Names GoodSwap recognizes on labels (5)
- urea peroxide
- sodium perborate
- hydrogen peroxide
- carbamide peroxide
- hydrogen peroxide 3
Sources
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Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of 30 November 2009 on cosmetic products
“cosmetic products shall not contain any of the following: (a) prohibited substances — prohibited substances listed in Annex II”
eur-lex.europa.eu