INCI names / Avocado oil
Avocado oil INCI name
The INCI name for avocado oil is Persea Gratissima Oil in a lotion or balm, and Sodium Avocadoate in cold-process soap, where the oil reacts with lye and the oil itself is no longer in the finished bar.
| In lotions, balms and other cosmetics | Persea Gratissima Oil |
|---|---|
| In cold-process soap (sodium hydroxide) | Sodium Avocadoate |
| In liquid soap (potassium hydroxide) | No potassium salt name exists in the glossary, so the tools list a potassium recipe with this oil as added: each oil by its own name, then Potassium Hydroxide. |
| Superfat share in soap (unreacted) | Persea Gratissima Oil |
| On a US label | Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Oil; in soap, Sodium Avocadoate |
| In Great Britain and Northern Ireland | The same names as the EU. Northern Ireland uses the EU glossary cited below; Great Britain still uses the glossary it kept from the EU, where the same names have other entry numbers. |
| Also entered as | avocado |
Glossary citation: Sodium Avocadoate #26280; Persea Gratissima Oil #20545 (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1175 on EUR-Lex).
One detail catches many labels: the EU glossary name has no common name in brackets. In the EU and the UK it is "Persea Gratissima Oil"; the bracketed form, "Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Oil", is the US name.
In the soap or skincare tool, put it on its own line with its weight, for example "avocado oil, 30", and the tool prints the right name for the product type and the region you choose.
Transcribed from the EU glossary of common ingredient names (Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1175) and checked against it; the US names are the ones FDA's substance registry (GSRS) records. A labelling reference, not safety advice.