KAOLIN

Naturally occurring substances, kaolin (CI 77004)

KAOLIN is listed in the European Commission CosIng inventory under the functional categories Abrasive, Absorbent, Anticaking, Bulking, Colorant, Opacifying, with CAS number 1332-58-7 and EC number 310-194-1. CosIng records a restriction against it (IV/119), so check the corresponding Annex entry before formulating. In the free INCIDB sample it appears on 3 product labels, reaching position 2 on Masque Argile Purifiant Pores. Fulton (1989) grades it 0 on the 0–5 comedogenicity scale; that grade is transcribed as-is and is the only rating source used.

Sample products containing KAOLIN

Label positions from the free INCIDB sample. A lower position means the ingredient is declared earlier, i.e. present in a higher proportion.

Query KAOLIN in the full snapshot

import pyarrow.parquet as pq

ingredients = pq.read_table('ingredients.parquet').to_pandas()
target = ingredients[ingredients['inci_name'] == "KAOLIN"]
print(target[['ingredient_id', 'functions', 'cas_number', 'is_common_allergen']])

The complete snapshot covers 18,583 products. Coverage of each enrichment column is published, both per distinct name and weighted by label occurrence — see the coverage table.