Database/Humectant/Palau White Clay
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Palau White Clay natural?

Yes. A mined native clay (hydrated aluminium silicate minerals) is natural origin under ISO 16128, which counts minerals as natural.

INCI namePalau White Clay
FunctionHumectant · Skin Conditioning
FeedstockDominant route: the clay is dug from the…

How we scored it

Native clay, unmodified mineral (n=1): 1.00.
What counts. ISO 16128-2 scores the atoms that remain in the final ingredient. Reagents, solvents, catalysts and protecting groups used during manufacture leave no mass behind and are not counted.

Where it comes from

Dominant route: the clay is dug from the deposit on Ngeruktabel Island, Palau, and processed physically, without chemical modification. No alternative route applies.

In plain English

A white native clay from Ngeruktabel Island in Palau, used in skin products as a conditioning, moisture-holding mineral. It is a mined mineral rather than a manufactured chemical.

CosIng definition: Palau White Clay is the native clay obtained from Ngeruktabel Island in Palau

References

  1. 1ISO 16128-1:2016 and ISO 16128-2:2017 — Guidelines on technical definitions and criteria for natural and organic cosmetic ingredients and products. ISO, Geneva.
  2. 2PALAU WHITE CLAY. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3PALAU WHITE CLAY. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=PALAU%20WHITE%20CLAY