Perfume and Flavor Materials of Natural Origin, page 183.
Grapefruit Oil is a mobile, yellowish to greenish-yellow or pale orange-yellow oil.
Grapefruit Oil possesses a fresh-citrusy, rather sweet odor and a similar taste.
The oil has a similar taste to its odor, with a sweetness and freshness.
Grapefruit oil is quite useful in bergamot compositions and for all modifications of citrus notes in perfumery.
The main use is in flavors, particularly in soft drink flavors.
Grapefruit Oil is produced by cold expression of the peel of the fruits from a Citrus species.
| Category | Kind | Max % | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category 1 | Max % | 4% | — | DOC |
| Category 2 | Max % | 4% | — | DOC |
| Category 3 | Max % | 4% | — | DOC |
| Category 4 | Max % | 4% | — | DOC |
| Category 5A | Max % | 4% | — | DOC |
| Category 5B | Max % | 4% | — | DOC |
| Category 5C | Max % | 4% | — | DOC |
| Category 5D | Max % | 4% | — | DOC |
| Category 6 | Max % | 4% | — | DOC |
| Category 7A | No restriction | — | No Restriction | DOC |
| Category 7B | Max % | 4% | — | DOC |
| Category 8 | Max % | 4% | — | DOC |
| Category 9 | No restriction | — | No Restriction | DOC |
| Category 10A | No restriction | — | No Restriction | DOC |
| Category 10B | Max % | 4% | — | DOC |
| Category 11A | No restriction | — | No Restriction | DOC |
| Category 11B | Max % | 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 % |
|---|---|---|
| Citral | 5392-40-5 | 0.1% |
| Citronellal | 106-23-0 | 0.1% |