Hydrogen peroxide

CAS 7722-84-1

Hydrogen peroxide is an antimicrobial and bleaching agent, used to sterilise aseptic packaging, to treat milk for some cheeses, and to bleach starch. It breaks down to water and oxygen.

Where it is and isn’t permitted

Status of Hydrogen peroxide by jurisdiction. Every jurisdiction this site covers is listed, including those where the substance does not appear.
JurisdictionStatusScope and limitsCitation
United StatesFood and Drug AdministrationPermitted, with conditions21 CFR 173.356and 1 further provisionretrieved 2026-09-07
Codex AlimentariusCodex Alimentarius Commission / JECFANot listedDoes not appear on this jurisdiction’s permitted list. That is not the same as being prohibited.

What it is made from

Produced industrially by the anthraquinone process. It is required to be removed or decomposed before the food is eaten.

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CAS registry number
7722-84-1
InChIKey
MHAJPDPJQMAIIY-UHFFFAOYSA-N
PubChem
CID 784

Every name it appears under

62 recorded names. A label may use any of them.

CAS registry number

  • 7722-84-1

As it appears in regulation

  • Hydrogen peroxide

Other names

  • Albone
  • Albone 35
  • Albone 35CG
  • Albone 50
  • Albone 50CG
  • Albone 70
  • Albone 70CG
  • Albone DS
  • Astri-UC
  • BBX060AN9V
  • CleanCleaner
  • Comfort
  • Dihydrogen dioxide
  • dihydrogen peroxide
  • Divas
  • Elawox
  • EPA Pesticide Chemical Code 000595
  • Eskata
  • High Test Peroxide
  • High-strength hydrogen peroxide
  • Hioxyl
  • HOOH
  • Hydrogen dioxide
  • Hydrogen peroxide
  • Hydrogen peroxide (aqueous)
  • Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2)
  • Hydrogen peroxide (USP)
  • Hyrogen peroxide
  • Inhibine
  • Interox
  • Kastone
  • Lensept
  • Luxury
  • OxiStom
  • oxydol
  • Oxyfull
  • Oxymate
  • perhydrol
  • Periogel
  • PerioRestore
  • Perone
  • Perone 30
  • Perone 35
  • Perone 50
  • Perossido di idrogeno
  • Peroxaan
  • Peroxan
  • Peroxide, Hydrogen
  • Peroxyde d'hydrogene
  • Pre milk HP 0.5
  • Pre milk HP 0.5 10
  • Pre milk HP 1.0
  • Proxyclean
  • Sanidry
  • Superoxol
  • T-Stuff
  • Teat dip HP 5
  • Wasserstoffperoxid
  • Waterstofperoxyde

Systematic names

  • hydrogen peroxide

Hazard reference values

No reference value for this substance in the sources we hold.

Evidence and how bodies read it

Studies, and the differing conclusions regulators drew from them, are curated by hand rather than machine-read, and none has been written for this substance yet.

Sources for this page

  • ecfr retrieved 2026-09-07

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