Database/Antimicrobial/Potassium Iodide
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Potassium Iodide natural?

Yes. Both potassium and iodide are mineral-origin components with no organic or petrochemical fragment.

INCI namePotassium Iodide
CAS7681-11-0
FunctionAntimicrobial
FeedstockAn inorganic mineral salt typically produced from natural…

How we scored it

Simple inorganic mineral salt, K+ and I-; treated as mineral/natural origin like sodium chloride. 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

An inorganic mineral salt typically produced from natural brine or mined mineral sources. Classed as natural origin like other simple mineral salts.

In plain English

A mineral salt used for its antimicrobial properties in some formulations. It comes from natural mineral or brine sources, similar to table salt.

Structure

2D structure of Potassium Iodide

PubChem CID 4875 ↗

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 Iodide. PubChem CID 4875. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 3POTASSIUM IODIDE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 4POTASSIUM IODIDE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=POTASSIUM%20IODIDE