How we scored it
Terpene recovered as a co-product of citrus juice pressing; the dominant commercial route. 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
Recovered by steam distillation of citrus peel oil, a co-product of orange and other citrus juice production. No commercially significant petrochemical synthesis route exists.
In plain English
A citrusy-smelling ingredient used for fragrance and as a solvent. Recovered from the peel oil left over when oranges and other citrus fruit are pressed for juice.
Structure
1-methyl-4-prop-1-en-2-ylcyclohexene
References
- 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.
- 2Limonene. PubChem CID 22311. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
- 3LIMONENE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 4LIMONENE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=LIMONENE