Colour Powder Safety and Ingredients

Everything about Party GOAT Colour Powder's safety in one place: what it's made of, how it has been tested (including independent testing confirming it is asbestos free), allergen information, and the Safety Data Sheet (SDS) to download. We keep this page up to date for the schools, councils, event organisers and procurement teams who need these answers before they order. Safety Data Sheets for our other products are on our SDS page.

If you can't find what you need, email sales@partygoat.com and we'll get back to you.

On this page

• What it's made of
• How it's dried and checked
• About the colourants
• Safety Data Sheet
• Emergency numbers
• Testing and certification
• Asbestos free, and tested to confirm it
• Allergens
• Using colour powder safely
• Colour run powder questions

What it's made of

Party GOAT Colour Powder (also sold as Colour Run Powder, Holi Powder and Gender Reveal Powder) is made in India, the home of Holi colour powder, from food-grade corn starch with added colourants. Before we chose our manufacturer, we tested colour powder from many factories in different countries and stain tested every colour. We ruled out any factory whose powder stained, or that couldn't confirm 100% food grade corn starch, with no industrial grade starch, or cheap fillers added. Then we dropped any individual colours that were more likely to stain. The range we sell is what passed, and every colour is independently toy safety tested for New Zealand, Australia, the US and Canada.

How it's dried and checked

Our colour powder is oven dried rather than spread out to dry in the open. Open-air drying leaves the powder exposed to dust, rain, birds and animals such as rodents and cats. Drying it in an oven keeps it covered, gives the factory control over moisture, and helps keep each colour bright and consistent from batch to batch.

We have visited and compared factories in India in person to see the working conditions and cleanliness for ourselves, and every batch is inspected at the factory by an independent quality control company before it ships. Read more about how our Holi colour powder is made and checked.

Standard colours

• Food-grade corn (maize) starch, CAS 9005-25-8: 98% to 99%
• Colourants: 1% to 2% in total, depending on the shade, with each individual colourant making up between 0.5% and 2%

Each shade uses one or more of the colourants below. The colourants in a specific shade are available on request.

About the colourants

Each country sets its own list of colourants allowed in food and cosmetics, so the approved lists differ between countries. Holi colour powder isn't required to use colourants from these lists, but we choose them because they’re approved for use in food or cosmetics in New Zealand, Australia, the USA or Canada, and we update our formulas as regulations change.

Colourants make up only 1% to 2% of the finished powder. At that level the powder is not classified as hazardous under GHS, the US OSHA Hazard Communication Standard, Canada’s WHMIS 2015 or Safe Work Australia criteria, so it needs no hazard warnings, signal words or pictograms. Every colour is also toy safety tested to the standard for each market we sell in.

Neon (UV) colours

Our neon colours use a different, fluorescent pigment, at up to 5% of the powder, so the list above doesn't apply to them. Email sales@partygoat.com for neon safety information.

What our claims mean

• Non-toxic: the finished colour powder is not classified as hazardous (see About the colourants above). It is still not meant to be eaten.
• Food-grade starch: the corn starch is made on food-grade production lines by established starch manufacturers.
• Toy safety tested: see Testing and certification below for the standards and what was tested.

Safety Data Sheet

Download the Colour Powder SDS (standard colours)

• Hazard classification: not classified as hazardous under GHS, OSHA HazCom, WHMIS 2015 or Safe Work Australia criteria. No signal word, hazard statements or pictograms.
• If swallowed: rinse the mouth and drink water. Seek medical advice if a large amount is swallowed or symptoms develop.
• In the eyes: rinse gently with clean water for several minutes. Seek medical advice if irritation persists.
• On the skin: brush off the dry powder, then wash with soap and water.
• If inhaled: move to fresh air. Large amounts of dust may irritate the airways, especially for people with asthma.
• Storage: keep in a cool, dry place in the closed original packaging, away from moisture, heat and open flames.

Emergency numbers (24 hours)

Testing and certification

Toy safety

Party GOAT Colour Powder, including our neon colours, bags and squeeze bottles, has passed independent toy safety testing by a CPSC-accepted laboratory, to the standard for each market we sell in:

Age grade: 3 years and over. Testing covered heavy metals, lead, phthalates, flammability and microbial cleanliness.

Asbestos free, and tested to confirm it

Our colour powder contains no asbestos. Asbestos is a naturally occurring mineral that can be found in some mined materials, such as talc. Our powder is food grade corn starch and colourants, with no talc or other mineral fillers, so there is nothing in it that could carry asbestos. We had it independently tested anyway, because we know it's a fair thing to ask about. All six regulated types of asbestos (chrysotile, amosite, crocidolite, anthophyllite, tremolite and actinolite) were not detected in any of the 16 colours tested. Method: ISO 22262-1, by polarised light microscopy (PLM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD), February 2026.

Allergens

Our Colour Powder does not contain dairy, egg, peanut or tree nut ingredients, and the factory where it's made does not process them.