kojic acid
Drug ingredientThis chemical is an active pharmaceutical ingredient used in FDA-regulated drugs.
Where It Comes From
6 FDA-registered drug labelers
AIKM Product Corp
ANUBIS COSMETICS SL
Beijing JUNGE Technology Co., Ltd.
Guangdong Miaolian Cosmetics Co., Ltd.
Guangzhou Kadiya Biotechnology Co., Ltd.
Guangzhou Yanxi Biotechnology Co., Ltd
Why It Matters
Sectors
Health
Downstream Uses
Appears in 12 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).
- •StrongWhiteningSoap
- •dark spots eraser pen
- •turmeric kojic acid product
- •Arthcal Turmeric Night Wrapping Mask
- •Knucklepeelingbodyoil
- •Super Lightening Based on Gold 24k and Kojic Acid Cream
- •remove black milk cream
- •Feelshion Dark Spot Remover Serum
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- •Yvtyvt DARK SPOT
- •Skpradis Turmeric Kojic ACID Cleansing PADS
- •AnubisMed
- •Yvtyvt Dark Spot Remover Serum
FDA Shortage Status
Whether any manufacturer currently reports this drug as in shortage on the FDA Drug Shortages database. "Active Shortage" means at least one presentation has status "current."
No FDA shortage records
Vendor Pricing
$0.03/gAaron Chemicals LLC
CountryHong Kong
Pack$17.00 / 500 g
Purity98%
Vendors33 available
Prices reflect listed pack sizes. Small research packs run far above bulk rates.
32 more vendors
| Vendor | Country Supplier country. Where available, shows shipping origin. When the supplier ships from a different country than where they are registered, both are shown. Most suppliers show registration country only. | $/g | Pack | Purity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angene Chemical | China → Hong Kong | $0.04 | 500 g | 99% |
| A2B Chem LLC | United States | $0.05 | 1 kg | 98% |
| AA BLOCKS | United States | $0.05 | 1 kg | 98% |
| Chemscene | United States | $0.07 | 1 kg | — |
| BLD Pharmatech Co., Limited | United States | $0.07 | 1 kg | 98% |
| BLD Pharmatech GmbH | Germany | $0.07 | 1 kg | 98% |
| BLD Pharmatech Ltd. | China | $0.07 | 1 kg | 98% |
| Ambeed, Inc. | United States | $0.07 | 1 kg | 98% |
| Fluorochem UK | United Kingdom | $0.07 | 1 kg | 99% |
| AK Scientific Specialized | United States | $0.08 | 1 kg | 95% |
| Fluorochem EU | Germany | $0.09 | 500 g | 99% |
| AK Scientific, Inc. | United States | $0.12 | 1 kg | 98% |
| Angene International Limited | United States | $0.33 | 500 g | 98% |
| AstaTech, Inc | United States | $0.88 | 50 g | 95% |
| MedChemExpress MCE | Sweden | $3.38 | 100 g | 99.99% |
| Cayman Europe | Estonia | $5.72 | 100 g | 98% |
| MedKoo Biosciences, Inc | United States | $10.00 | 25 g | 98% |
| Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock) | Germany | $22.71 | 25 g | — |
| Sigma-Aldrich | Germany | $22.71 | 25 g | — |
| Interbioscreen | Hong Kong | $34.00 | 10 g | 95% |
| Specs | Netherlands | $68.97 | 10 g | 90% |
| Labotest KG | Germany | $217.80 | 5000 mg | 90% |
| Molnova | China | $370.00 | 100 mg | 99% |
| Apexbio Technology LLC | United States | $425.00 | 200 mg | 98.37% |
| ChemFaces | China | $2000.00 | 20 mg | 98% |
| Otava, Ltd. | Ukraine | $2280.00 | 50 mg | 95% |
| Otava, Ltd. (2 weeks) | Ukraine | $2724.00 | 50 mg | 95% |
| Angene | China → Hong Kong | $4266.67 | 30 mg | 99% |
| Vitas M Chemical Limited | Hong Kong | $6250.00 | 20 mg | 90% |
| Princeton BioMolecular Research (SC) | United States | $6500.00 | 20 mg | 90% |
| Key Organics Ltd. | United Kingdom | $6900.00 | 10 mg | 98% |
| AnalytiCon Discovery - a Division of BRAIN Biotech AG | Germany | $108077.20 | 50 mg | 85% |
Chemical Identity
CAS501-30-4
PubChem CID3840
DTXSIDDTXSID2040236
FormulaC6H6O4
Mol. Weight142.11 g/mol
SMILESC1=C(OC=C(C1=O)O)CO
Data Sources
38402026-04-07
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/name/kojic acid/cids/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_name/kojic acid.json
CAS 501-30-42026-04-25
https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/
Archive: data/sources/fda/ndc/ndc.json
bulk match2026-04-07
https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/
Archive: data/sources/fda/ndc/ndc.json