Saudi Arabia cosmetic ingredient regulations
SFDA publishes dated prohibited and restricted ingredient lists.
- Regulator
- Saudi Food and Drug Authority
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- Arabic and English
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- SFDA live prohibited/restricted lists, snapshot 30 August 2026
Official ingredient records
1726 matching recordsAmisulbrom (ISO)3-(3-bromo-6-fluoro-2-methylindol-1-ylsulfonyl)-N,N-dimethyl-1H-1,2,4-triazole-1-sulfonamide
CAS 348635-87-0
Listed by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority as prohibited in cosmetic products.
Source:SFDA prohibited list, page 162, row 8 · version live-snapshot-2026-08-30 · source checked 2026-08-30
Amitriptyline (INN) and its salts
CAS 50-48-6
Listed by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority as prohibited in cosmetic products.
Source:SFDA prohibited list, page 15, row 8 · version live-snapshot-2026-08-30 · source checked 2026-08-30
Amitrole (ISO)
CAS 61-82-5
Listed by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority as prohibited in cosmetic products.
Source:SFDA prohibited list, page 108, row 7 · version live-snapshot-2026-08-30 · source checked 2026-08-30
Ammi majus L. and its galenical preparations
CAS 90320-46-0 · EC 291-072-4
Listed by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority as prohibited in cosmetic products.
Source:SFDA prohibited list, page 4, row 5 · version live-snapshot-2026-08-30 · source checked 2026-08-30
Ammonium bromide
CAS 12124-97-9
Listed by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority as prohibited in cosmetic products.
Source:SFDA prohibited list, page 169, row 9 · version live-snapshot-2026-08-30 · source checked 2026-08-30
Ammonium pentadecafluorooctanoate
CAS 3825-26-1
Listed by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority as prohibited in cosmetic products.
Source:SFDA prohibited list, page 156, row 4 · version live-snapshot-2026-08-30 · source checked 2026-08-30
Amyl 4-dimethylaminobenzoate, mixed isomers (Padimate A (INN))
CAS 14779-78-3 · EC 238-849-6
Listed by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority as prohibited in cosmetic products.
Source:SFDA prohibited list, page 39, row 3 · version live-snapshot-2026-08-30 · source checked 2026-08-30
Amyl nitrites
CAS 110-46-3
Listed by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority as prohibited in cosmetic products.
Source:SFDA prohibited list, page 25, row 9 · version live-snapshot-2026-08-30 · source checked 2026-08-30
Anamirta cocculus L. (fruit)
Listed by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority as prohibited in cosmetic products.
Source:SFDA prohibited list, page 11, row 8 · version live-snapshot-2026-08-30 · source checked 2026-08-30
Androsta-1,4,9(11)-triene-3,17-dione
CAS 15375-21-0
Listed by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority as prohibited in cosmetic products.
Source:SFDA prohibited list, page 148, row 8 · version live-snapshot-2026-08-30 · source checked 2026-08-30
Aniline, its salts and its halogenated and sulphonated derivatives
CAS 62-53-3 · EC 200-539-3
Listed by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority as prohibited in cosmetic products.
Source:SFDA prohibited list, page 3, row 2 · version live-snapshot-2026-08-30 · source checked 2026-08-30
Anthracene oil
CAS 120-12-7
Listed by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority as prohibited in cosmetic products.
Source:SFDA prohibited list, page 4, row 8 · version live-snapshot-2026-08-30 · source checked 2026-08-30
Anthraquinone; 9,10-anthraquinone
CAS 84-65-1 · EC 201-549-0
Listed by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority as prohibited in cosmetic products.
Source:SFDA prohibited list, page 160, row 8 · version live-snapshot-2026-08-30 · source checked 2026-08-30
Anti-androgens of steroidal structure
Listed by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority as prohibited in cosmetic products.
Source:SFDA prohibited list, page 40, row 1 · version live-snapshot-2026-08-30 · source checked 2026-08-30
Antibiotics
Listed by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority as prohibited in cosmetic products.
Source:SFDA prohibited list, page 5, row 1 · version live-snapshot-2026-08-30 · source checked 2026-08-30
Antimony and its compound
CAS 7440-36-0
Listed by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority as prohibited in cosmetic products.
Source:SFDA prohibited list, page 5, row 2 · version live-snapshot-2026-08-30 · source checked 2026-08-30
Apocynum cannabium L. and its preparations
CAS 84603-51-0 · EC 283-253-1
Listed by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority as prohibited in cosmetic products.
Source:SFDA prohibited list, page 5, row 3 · version live-snapshot-2026-08-30 · source checked 2026-08-30
Apomorphine ((R)-5,6,6a,7-tetrahydro-6-methyl-4H-dibenzo[de,g]quinoline-10,11-diol)) and its salts
CAS 58-00-4
Listed by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority as prohibited in cosmetic products.
Source:SFDA prohibited list, page 5, row 4 · version live-snapshot-2026-08-30 · source checked 2026-08-30
Arecoline
CAS 63-75-2
Listed by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority as prohibited in cosmetic products.
Source:SFDA prohibited list, page 24, row 10 · version live-snapshot-2026-08-30 · source checked 2026-08-30
Aristolochic acid and its salts; Aristolochia spp. and their preparations
CAS 475-80-9; 313-67-7; 15918-62-4
Listed by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority as prohibited in cosmetic products.
Source:SFDA prohibited list, page 37, row 7 · version live-snapshot-2026-08-30 · source checked 2026-08-30
Aromatic hydrocarbons, C20-28, polycyclic, mixed coal-tar pitch-polyethylene polypropylene pyrolysis-derived, if they contain > 0.005 % w/w benzo[a]pyrene
CAS 101794-74-5
Listed by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority as prohibited in cosmetic products.
Source:SFDA prohibited list, page 64, row 3 · version live-snapshot-2026-08-30 · source checked 2026-08-30
Aromatic hydrocarbons, C20-28, polycyclic, mixed coal-tar pitch-polyethylene pyrolysis-derived, if they contain > 0.005 % w/w benzo[a]pyrene
CAS 101794-75-6
Listed by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority as prohibited in cosmetic products.
Source:SFDA prohibited list, page 64, row 4 · version live-snapshot-2026-08-30 · source checked 2026-08-30
Aromatic hydrocarbons, C20-28, polycyclic, mixed coal-tar pitch-polystyrene pyrolysis-derived, if they contain > 0.005 % w/w benzo[a]pyrene
CAS 101794-76-7
Listed by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority as prohibited in cosmetic products.
Source:SFDA prohibited list, page 64, row 5 · version live-snapshot-2026-08-30 · source checked 2026-08-30
Arsenic and its compounds
CAS 7440-38-2
Listed by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority as prohibited in cosmetic products.
Source:SFDA prohibited list, page 5, row 5 · version live-snapshot-2026-08-30 · source checked 2026-08-30
Asbestos
CAS 12001-28-4
Listed by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority as prohibited in cosmetic products.
Source:SFDA prohibited list, page 76, row 10 · version live-snapshot-2026-08-30 · source checked 2026-08-30
Atropa belladonna L. and its preparations
CAS 8007-93-0
Listed by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority as prohibited in cosmetic products.
Source:SFDA prohibited list, page 5, row 6 · version live-snapshot-2026-08-30 · source checked 2026-08-30
Atropine, its salts and derivatives
CAS 51-55-8
Listed by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority as prohibited in cosmetic products.
Source:SFDA prohibited list, page 5, row 7 · version live-snapshot-2026-08-30 · source checked 2026-08-30
Azacyclonol (INN) and its salts
CAS 115-46-8
Listed by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority as prohibited in cosmetic products.
Source:SFDA prohibited list, page 29, row 8 · version live-snapshot-2026-08-30 · source checked 2026-08-30
Azamethiphos (ISO); S-[(6-chloro-2-oxooxazolo[4,5-b]pyridin-3(2H)-yl)methyl] O,O-dimethyl thiophosphate
CAS 35575-96-3
Listed by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority as prohibited in cosmetic products.
Source:SFDA prohibited list, page 168, row 9 · version live-snapshot-2026-08-30 · source checked 2026-08-30
Aziridine
CAS 151-56-4 · EC 205-793-9
Listed by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority as prohibited in cosmetic products.
Source:SFDA prohibited list, page 74, row 1 · version live-snapshot-2026-08-30 · source checked 2026-08-30
Azobenzene
CAS 103-33-3
Listed by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority as prohibited in cosmetic products.
Source:SFDA prohibited list, page 73, row 5 · version live-snapshot-2026-08-30 · source checked 2026-08-30
Barbiturates
Listed by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority as prohibited in cosmetic products.
Source:SFDA prohibited list, page 23, row 2 · version live-snapshot-2026-08-30 · source checked 2026-08-30
Barium diboron tetraoxide
CAS 13701-59-2
Listed by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority as prohibited in cosmetic products.
Source:SFDA prohibited list, page 170, row 3 · version live-snapshot-2026-08-30 · source checked 2026-08-30
Barium salts, with the exception of barium sulphide under the conditions laid down in Annex III and of barium sulfate, lakes, salts and pigments prepared from the colouring agents when listed in Annex IV
Listed by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority as prohibited in cosmetic products.
Source:SFDA prohibited list, page 5, row 8 · version live-snapshot-2026-08-30 · source checked 2026-08-30
Bemegride (INN) and its salts
CAS 64-65-3
Listed by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority as prohibited in cosmetic products.
Source:SFDA prohibited list, page 19, row 5 · version live-snapshot-2026-08-30 · source checked 2026-08-30
Benactyzine (INN)
CAS 302-40-9
Listed by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority as prohibited in cosmetic products.
Source:SFDA prohibited list, page 16, row 9 · version live-snapshot-2026-08-30 · source checked 2026-08-30
Bendroflumethiazide (INN) and its derivatives
CAS 73-48-3
Listed by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority as prohibited in cosmetic products.
Source:SFDA prohibited list, page 6, row 5 · version live-snapshot-2026-08-30 · source checked 2026-08-30
Benfuracarb (ISO); ethyl N-[2,3-dihydro-2,2-dimethylbenzofuran-7-yloxycarbonyl(methyl)aminothio]-N-isopropyl- ß-alaninate
CAS 82560-54-1
Listed by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority as prohibited in cosmetic products.
Source:SFDA prohibited list, page 140, row 10 · version live-snapshot-2026-08-30 · source checked 2026-08-30
Benomyl (ISO)
CAS 17804-35-2
Listed by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority as prohibited in cosmetic products.
Source:SFDA prohibited list, page 104, row 2 · version live-snapshot-2026-08-30 · source checked 2026-08-30
Bentazone (ISO); 3-isopropyl-2,1,3-benzothiadiazine-4-one-2,2-dioxide
CAS 25057-89-0
Listed by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority as prohibited in cosmetic products.
Source:SFDA prohibited list, page 172, row 8 · version live-snapshot-2026-08-30 · source checked 2026-08-30
Benz[a]anthracene
CAS 56-55-3
Listed by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority as prohibited in cosmetic products.
Source:SFDA prohibited list, page 64, row 8 · version live-snapshot-2026-08-30 · source checked 2026-08-30
Benz[e]acephenanthrylene
CAS 205-99-2
Listed by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority as prohibited in cosmetic products.
Source:SFDA prohibited list, page 65, row 1 · version live-snapshot-2026-08-30 · source checked 2026-08-30
Benzatropine (INN) and its salts
CAS 86-13-5
Listed by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority as prohibited in cosmetic products.
Source:SFDA prohibited list, page 16, row 10 · version live-snapshot-2026-08-30 · source checked 2026-08-30
Benzazepines and benzodiazepines
CAS 12794-10-4
Listed by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority as prohibited in cosmetic products.
Source:SFDA prohibited list, page 6, row 1 · version live-snapshot-2026-08-30 · source checked 2026-08-30
Benzenaminium, 3-[[(4-[[diamino(phenylazo)phenyl]azo]-1-naphthalenyl]azo]-N,N,N-trimethyl- and its salts, when used as a substance in hair dye products
CAS 83803-98-9 · EC 280-919-3
Listed by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority as prohibited in cosmetic products.
Source:SFDA prohibited list, page 130, row 4 · version live-snapshot-2026-08-30 · source checked 2026-08-30
Benzenaminium, 3-[[(4-[[diamino(phenylazo)phenyl]azo]-2-methylphenyl]azo]-N,N,N-trimethyl- and its salts, when used as a substance in hair dye products
CAS 83803-99-0 · EC 280-920-9
Listed by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority as prohibited in cosmetic products.
Source:SFDA prohibited list, page 130, row 3 · version live-snapshot-2026-08-30 · source checked 2026-08-30
Benzene
CAS 71-43-2
Listed by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority as prohibited in cosmetic products.
Source:SFDA prohibited list, page 5, row 9 · version live-snapshot-2026-08-30 · source checked 2026-08-30
Benzenemethanaminium, N-ethyl-N-(4-((4-(ethyl((3-sulfophenyl)methyl)amino)phenyl)(4-hydroxy-2-sulfophenyl)methylene)-2,5-cyclohexadien-1-ylidene)-3-sulfo-, hydroxide, inner salt, disodium salt (Fast Green FCF; CI 42053) when used as a substance in hair dye products
Benzenemethanaminium, N-ethyl-N-(4-((4-(ethyl((3-sulfophenyl)methyl)amino)phenyl)(4-hydroxy-2-sulfophenyl)methylene)-2,5-cyclohexadien-1-ylidene)-3-sulfo-, hydroxide, inner salt, disodium salt (Fast Green FCF; CI 42053) when used as a substance in hair dy
CAS 2353-45-9
Listed by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority as prohibited in cosmetic products.
Source:SFDA prohibited list, page 136, row 3 · version live-snapshot-2026-08-30 · source checked 2026-08-30
Benzenesulfonic acid, 5-[(2,4-dinitrophenyl]amino]-2-(phenylamino)-, and its salts, when used as a substance in hair dye products
CAS 6373-74-6; 15347-52-1 · EC 228-921-5
Listed by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority as prohibited in cosmetic products.
Source:SFDA prohibited list, page 128, row 6 · version live-snapshot-2026-08-30 · source checked 2026-08-30
Benzidine
CAS 92-87-5
Listed by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority as prohibited in cosmetic products.
Source:SFDA prohibited list, page 3, row 6 · version live-snapshot-2026-08-30 · source checked 2026-08-30
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