Environmentally-friendly, surface-compatible, non-malodorous, sporicidal compositions, in
solid or liquid form, containing a peroxyphthalic acid and / or salt thereof in combination with a synergistic additive selected from one or more of the groups consisting of (i)
formic acid,
acetic acid,
benzoic acid,
diglycolic acid, furoic acid,
glycolic acid,
lactic acid,
mandelic acid,
phenylacetic acid,
sulfamic acid,
sulfosuccinic acid, and salts thereof; (ii) C6-C24
alkyl or
aryl ether carboxylic acids and their salts, C8-C24
alkyl taurines and their salts,
aryl taurines and their salts, alkoxylated C8-C24
alkyl phosphoric acid esters and their salts, and
glycerol ethers; (iii) aromatic alcohols, C2-C8 linear or branched alcohols, dibasic esters, 2-pyrrolidone,
butyl carbitol, butyl cellosolve, lactate esters, butyl-3-hydroxybutyrate, and
triacetin; and (iv)
antimicrobial metals. Aqueous embodiments have a pH of less than 6. Kits and methods of
antimicrobial reduction relating to same are also disclosed.