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INCI ingredient

Citral Limonene

Also listed as: Citral

Citral Limonene appears on 2 ingredient lists in our database, most often in hand creams.

What it triggers

  • Vegan originYesno animal source
  • FragranceYescounts as fragrance
  • ParabenNonot a preservative of this family
  • SulfateNonot a sulfate surfactant
  • SiliconeNonot a silicone
  • AlcoholNonot a drying alcohol

If a product lists Citral Limonene, its fragrance-free answer is No. Nothing else changes.

What it does

Citral Limonene appears on 2 ingredient lists in our database, most often in hand creams.

On the label it counts as fragrance, which is why a product that lists it cannot be fragrance-free.

We have not written the plain-language note for this ingredient yet; the facts above come straight from how it is classified.

Functions: fragrance, perfuming, flavouring

Products with Citral Limonene

in 2 products

Showing 2 of 2 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • fragrance
  • perfuming
  • flavouring
  • fragrance: Imparting an odour or taste. Creating a perceivable pleasant smell and/or masking a bad smell.
  • perfuming: Used for perfume and aromatic raw materials.
  • flavouring: Imparting taste and/or flavour to a cosmetic product.

CAS 5392-40-5 · EC 226-394-6

EU regulation

Not on a restricted-substances annex. Listed as an allowed cosmetic ingredient.

CosIng records a perfuming function for this ingredient.

Source: CosIng, European Commission. Informative, no legal value; the regulation text is the reference.

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