INCI names / Salt
Salt INCI name
The INCI name for salt is Sodium Chloride. The tools list it by that name in every product, soap included, at the weight you enter.
| In lotions, balms and other cosmetics | Sodium Chloride |
|---|---|
| In cold-process soap | Sodium Chloride, as added |
| On a US label | Sodium Chloride |
| 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) | bulking, fragrance, oral care, viscosity controlling |
| Also entered as | table salt, fine salt, sodium chloride |
Glossary citation: Sodium Chloride #26484 (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1175 on EUR-Lex).
Typed as "Himalayan salt"? "Himalayan salt" has no name of its own in the glossary, so use the one on your supplier's sheet, with "inci:" (sea salt is "Maris Sal", table salt "Sodium Chloride").
In the soap or skincare tool, put it on its own line with its weight, for example "salt, 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.