Database/Buffering/Potassium Bicarbonate
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Potassium Bicarbonate natural?

Yes. Simple inorganic mineral salt of potassium and bicarbonate, both explicitly natural-origin fragments.

INCI namePotassium Bicarbonate
CAS298-14-6
FormulaCHKO3 · 100.115 Da
FunctionBuffering
FeedstockProduced from potassium-bearing mineral brines and carbon dioxide.…

How we scored it

Mineral salt KHCO3; potassium and bicarbonate are both natural-origin, so 1.0.
What counts. ISO 16128-2 scores the atoms that remain in the final ingredient. Reagents, solvents, catalysts and protecting groups used during manufacture leave no mass behind and are not counted.

Where it comes from

Produced from potassium-bearing mineral brines and carbon dioxide. It is a straightforward inorganic mineral salt with no organic or petrochemical component.

In plain English

A mineral salt used to adjust and buffer a formula's acidity. It comes from potassium-rich mineral sources combined with carbon dioxide.

Structure

2D structure of Potassium Bicarbonate

potassium hydrogen carbonate

PubChem CID 516893 ↗

References

  1. 1ISO 16128-1:2016 and ISO 16128-2:2017 — Guidelines on technical definitions and criteria for natural and organic cosmetic ingredients and products. ISO, Geneva.
  2. 2Potassium Bicarbonate. PubChem CID 516893. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 3POTASSIUM BICARBONATE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 4POTASSIUM BICARBONATE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=POTASSIUM%20BICARBONATE