Perfume and Flavor Materials of Natural Origin, page 139.
Cumin Oil is a pale yellow to brownish yellow liquid; it occasionally displays a greenish tint.
An essential oil which is partly water-soluble.
Its odor is extremely powerful, diffusive, green-spicy, slightly fatty, but at the same time not sharp or pungent, almost soft and mellow.
The flavor of cumin oil is spicy-herbaceous, faintly pungent and fatty-green, not pleasant in high concentrations.
Cumin Oil is used in perfumes in trace amounts to introduce green-spicy and green-woody top-notes, particularly in the woody-floral perfume types, Oriental bases, mimosa, cassie, violet, etc.
In flavors, the oil may replace the fruits (except in curry powder), and it is generally used for seasonings, pickles, meat sauces, etc.
Distillation is performed in India, in Europe and in the U.S.A. The fruits are crushed immediately prior to the steam distillation.
| Category | Kind | Max % | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category 1 | Max % | 0.4% | — | DOC |
| Category 2 | Max % | 0.4% | — | DOC |
| Category 3 | Max % | 0.4% | — | DOC |
| Category 4 | Max % | 0.4% | — | DOC |
| Category 5A | Max % | 0.4% | — | DOC |
| Category 5B | Max % | 0.4% | — | DOC |
| Category 5C | Max % | 0.4% | — | DOC |
| Category 5D | Max % | 0.4% | — | DOC |
| Category 6 | Max % | 0.4% | — | DOC |
| Category 7A | No restriction | — | No Restriction | DOC |
| Category 7B | Max % | 0.4% | — | DOC |
| Category 8 | Max % | 0.4% | — | DOC |
| Category 9 | No restriction | — | No Restriction | DOC |
| Category 10A | No restriction | — | No Restriction | DOC |
| Category 10B | Max % | 0.4% | — | DOC |
| Category 11A | No restriction | — | No Restriction | DOC |
| Category 11B | Max % | 0.4% | — | DOC |
| Category 12 | No restriction | — | No Restriction | DOC |
Compliance-support only. Values resolved from the current IFRA corpus; each row cites the document excerpt it came from. Not a substitute for a qualified safety assessor.
Restricted IFRA-standard materials typically present in this NCS at the listed concentrations.
| Constituent | CAS | Typical % |
|---|---|---|
| Cuminaldehyde | 122-03-2 | 21% |
| p-Isopropylbenzyl alcohol | 536-60-7 | 0.2% |