INCI names / Canola oil
Canola oil INCI name
The INCI name for canola oil is Canola Oil in a lotion or balm, and Sodium Rapeseedate 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 | Canola Oil |
|---|---|
| In cold-process soap (sodium hydroxide) | Sodium Rapeseedate |
| In liquid soap (potassium hydroxide) | Potassium Rapeseedate |
| Superfat share in soap (unreacted) | Canola Oil |
| On a US label | Canola Oil; in soap, Sodium Rapeseedate (no FDA registry record; printed as the EU name) |
| 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 | canola |
Glossary citation: Sodium Rapeseedate #26963; Canola Oil #5293; Potassium Rapeseedate #22749 (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1175 on EUR-Lex).
Canola oil has its own glossary name, but no soap salt of its own: the glossary has no sodium or potassium canolate. CosIng defines Sodium Rapeseedate as the sodium salts of rape oil fatty acids, and canola is a low-erucic rape oil, so its soap takes the rapeseed salt names.
In the soap or skincare tool, put it on its own line with its weight, for example "canola 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.