Database/Denaturant/Cinnamomum Cassia Leaf Oil
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Cinnamomum Cassia Leaf Oil natural?

Yes. Steam-distilled directly from cassia leaves and twigs; a whole natural essential oil.

INCI nameCinnamomum Cassia Leaf Oil
CAS84961-46-6
FunctionDenaturant · Fragrance
FeedstockSteam-distilled from Cinnamomum cassia leaves and twigs. No…

How we scored it

Whole essential oil obtained by steam distillation; this site's convention: essential oils = 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

Steam-distilled from Cinnamomum cassia leaves and twigs. No alternative industrial route for the whole oil.

In plain English

Essential oil steam-distilled from cassia cinnamon leaves and twigs, used for its warm, spicy fragrance. A whole natural essential oil.

CosIng definition: "Cassia Oil"; "Cassia leaf Oil"; "Cinnamon Oil Chinense". Cinnamomum Cassia Leaf Oil is the volatile oil obtained by steam distillation from the leaves and twigs of the Chinese Cinnamom, Cinnamomum cassia (L.), Lauraceae.

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. 2CINNAMOMUM CASSIA LEAF OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3CINNAMOMUM CASSIA LEAF OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CINNAMOMUM%20CASSIA%20LEAF%20OIL