Cosmetic ingredient dictionary
Phthalimidoperoxycaproic Acid in cosmetics: what it is and what it does
Phthalimidoperoxycaproic Acid is a cosmetic ingredient that changes the chemistry of another ingredient, as in hair dye. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 7 products, most often toothpastes.
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What does Phthalimidoperoxycaproic Acid do in a product?
In a cosmetic product, Phthalimidoperoxycaproic Acid changes the chemistry of another ingredient, as in hair dye. The EU’s CosIng database lists this job for it: oxidising.
What other names and numbers does Phthalimidoperoxycaproic Acid have?
- CAS number
- 128275-31-0
- EC number
- 410-850-8
- CosIng reference
- 59303
Which products contain Phthalimidoperoxycaproic Acid?
Open Beauty Facts finds Phthalimidoperoxycaproic Acid in the ingredient lists of 7 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often toothpastes.
Products with it, by country of sale: Australia 2 · United Kingdom 2 · Austria 1 · Czech Republic 1.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Phthalimidoperoxycaproic Acid turns up, not how much of the market it is.
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Sources
The job, the description and the EU annex entry are CosIng’s; the fragrance allergens are the EU Annex III names Bravoora’s label checker reads; the product counts are Open Beauty Facts’.
- European Commission: CosIng cosmetic ingredient database (functions, description, EU annex entry)
- Open Beauty Facts: product database, 77,506 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
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