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Kleenex® Facial Tissue and Kleenex® Towel Ingredients

Kimberly-Clark offers facial tissue and hand towels under the Kleenex® brand. To learn more about Kleenex® click here.
All of our Kleenex® tissue products are made from wood pulp† and water, including our Kleenex® Trusted Care* Facial Tissues, Kleenex® Ultra Soft* Tissues, Kleenex® Soothing Lotion* Tissues, Kleenex® Cool Touch® Tissues, Kleenex® Anti-Viral† Tissues, and Kleenex® Hand Towels. For more information, see “Describe the manufacturing process for Kleenex® Tissue” at: https://www.kleenex.com/en-us/faq and HOW TISSUE IS MADE. Some of our tissue products contain special ingredients for extra benefits. Please see below for information on our special ingredients.
Kleenex® Soothing Lotion* Facial Tissue
Ingredient Purpose
Mineral Oil Helps keep skin soft and smooth
Ceresin Helps keep skin soft and smooth
Stearyl Alcohol Helps keep the ingredients combined
Isopropyl Palmitate Helps keep skin soft and smooth
Dimethicone Helps keep skin soft and smooth
Tocopheryl Acetate Vitamin E Acetate
Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil Coconut Oil
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract Aloe Vera
Kleenex® Cool Touch® Tissues
Ingredient Purpose
Stearyl Heptanoate Helps keep skin soft and smooth and provides cool feeling
Stearyl Alcohol Helps keep the ingredients combined
Polyethylene Helps keep the lotion thick
Mineral Oil Helps keep skin soft and smooth
Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil Coconut Oil
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract Aloe Vera
Kleenex® Anti-Viral† Tissues
Active Ingredients Purpose
Citric Acid Inactivation of certain viruses within the tissue
Sodium Lauryl Sulfate Inactivation of certain viruses within the tissue
†Kills 99.9% of cold and flu viruses in the tissue within 15 minutes.
†We do not use chlorine bleaching for pulps used in our products. Instead we use a process called Elemental chlorine-free bleaching which does not create dioxins during the bleaching process.

All claims valid only in the U.S. and Canada.

Information is reflective of current products made.

For more information or questions about specific ingredients, please contact us at 888-955-3363.