INCI names / Kaolin
Kaolin INCI name
The INCI name for kaolin is Kaolin. The tools list it by that name in every product, soap included, at the weight you enter.
| In lotions, balms and other cosmetics | Kaolin |
|---|---|
| In cold-process soap | Kaolin, as added |
| On a US label | Kaolin |
| 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, anticaking, bulking, colorant, opacifying |
| Also entered as | kaolin clay, white kaolin, white kaolin clay, china clay |
Glossary citation: Kaolin #14138 (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1175 on EUR-Lex).
Typed as "Clay"? "Clay" is named by its mineral, which differs by supplier: kaolin, illite, montmorillonite or bentonite, some tinted with iron oxides. Enter the mineral (for example "Kaolin" or "Illite"), 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 "kaolin, 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.