Ingredient

Potassium Hydroxide

Low risk

FunctionpH Adjuster

What it is — Potassium Hydroxide (INCI: Potassium Hydroxide) is an alkaline pH-adjusting agent.

What it does — It is used in small amounts to balance a formula's pH and, in soap-style products, to help turn fatty acids into cleansing soap.

Typical use — Found across cleansers, creams and gels as a background pH adjuster, and in soap-based formulas.

Who it suits / good to know — Broadly suitable in finished products; on its own it is strongly alkaline, but it is neutralized in the final formula and used only at trace levels.

Safety — DHALIORA grades it low risk in its EWG-style, ingredient-by-ingredient review, reflecting that it is safe at the trace levels used for pH adjustment in finished products. This is general information, not medical advice.

Why we grade it Low: Low risk — safe at the trace levels used for pH adjustment.
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How grades are set — Risk reflects our own reading of publicly available safety data, an EWG-style reading shown at the worst-case grade we've assigned this ingredient across products. It isn't a third party's proprietary score, and it isn't medical advice. Always read the packaging and patch-test where indicated.
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