INCI names / Colloidal oatmeal
Colloidal oatmeal INCI name
The INCI name for colloidal oatmeal is Avena Sativa Kernel Flour, and on a US label Avena Sativa (Oat) Kernel Flour. The tools list it by that name in every product, soap included, at the weight you enter.
| In lotions, balms and other cosmetics | Avena Sativa Kernel Flour |
|---|---|
| In cold-process soap | Avena Sativa Kernel Flour, as added |
| On a US label | Avena Sativa (Oat) Kernel Flour |
| In Great Britain and Northern Ireland | The same name as the EU. Northern Ireland uses the EU glossary cited below; Great Britain still uses the glossary it kept from the EU, where the name has another entry number. |
| What it is used for (CosIng) | abrasive, absorbent, bulking, viscosity controlling |
| Also entered as | colloidal oats, oat flour |
Glossary citation: Avena Sativa Kernel Flour #2738 (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1175 on EUR-Lex).
Typed as "Oatmeal"? "Oatmeal" is named by how fine the oats are ground: colloidal oatmeal and oat flour are "Avena Sativa Kernel Flour", coarsely ground oats "Avena Sativa Kernel Meal". Enter the line as "colloidal oatmeal" or "oat flour", or add "inci:" from your supplier's sheet.
In the soap or skincare tool, put it on its own line with its weight, for example "colloidal oatmeal, 5", and the tool prints the name for 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, and the uses are those CosIng, the Commission's cosmetic ingredient database, lists. A labelling reference.