Database/Viscosity Controlling/Potassium Chloride
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Potassium Chloride natural?

Yes. Simple inorganic potash salt, mined or evaporated from brine; no organic content.

INCI namePotassium Chloride
CAS7447-40-7
FormulaClK · 74.55 Da
FunctionViscosity Controlling
FeedstockObtained from mined potash ores (sylvite) or evaporated…

How we scored it

KCl: K+ and Cl- both mineral-origin ions → 1.0.
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

Obtained from mined potash ores (sylvite) or evaporated natural brines. This is the sole commercial source.

In plain English

A mineral salt used to help control the thickness of a formula. It comes from mined potash deposits or natural brine, not from petrochemical synthesis.

Structure

2D structure of Potassium Chloride

potassium chloride

PubChem CID 4873 ↗

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. 2Potassium Chloride. PubChem CID 4873. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 3POTASSIUM CHLORIDE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 4POTASSIUM CHLORIDE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=POTASSIUM%20CHLORIDE