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BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE

EU Annex III fragrance allergen

BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE is listed in the European Commission CosIng inventory under the functional categories Fragrance, Skin Conditioning, Perfuming, with CAS number 87-44-5 and EC number 201-746-1. CosIng also records it as Bicyclo[7.2.0.]undec-4-ene, 4,11,11-trimethyl-8-methylene-, (1R,4E,9S)- (chemical name), Caryophyllene (chemical name), [1R,(1R*,4E,9S*)]-4,11,11-Trimethyl-8-methylene-bicyclo[7.2.0]undec-4-ene (chemical name) and 2-Methylene-6,10,10-trimethylbicyclo[7.2.0]undec-5-ene (chemical name). CosIng records a restriction against it (III/332), so check the corresponding Annex entry before formulating. In the free INCIDB sample it appears on 2 product labels, reaching position 5 on Agua fresca de Bergamota. It is on the EU Annex III fragrance-allergen list (Regulation (EC) 1223/2009 as amended by Regulation (EU) 2023/1545), so labelling rules apply above the regulated thresholds.

CAS REGISTRY NUMBER
87-44-5
EC NUMBER
201-746-1
COSING FUNCTIONS
Fragrance, Skin Conditioning, Perfuming
COSING RESTRICTION
III/332
OTHER NAMES (COSING)
Bicyclo[7.2.0.]undec-4-ene, 4,11,11-trimethyl-8-methylene-, (1R,4E,9S)- (chemical name)
Caryophyllene (chemical name)
[1R,(1R*,4E,9S*)]-4,11,11-Trimethyl-8-methylene-bicyclo[7.2.0]undec-4-ene (chemical name)
2-Methylene-6,10,10-trimethylbicyclo[7.2.0]undec-5-ene (chemical name)

Sample products containing BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE

Label positions from the free INCIDB sample. A lower position means the ingredient is declared earlier, i.e. present in a higher proportion.

PRODUCT LABEL POSITION
Agua fresca de Bergamota #5
Bee Beauty Young Flower Doğal Kadın Deodorant Roll-On 50 ml #21

Query BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE in the full snapshot

import pyarrow.parquet as pq

ingredients = pq.read_table('ingredients.parquet').to_pandas()
target = ingredients[ingredients['inci_name'] == "BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE"]
print(target[['ingredient_id', 'functions', 'cas_number', 'is_common_allergen']])

The complete snapshot covers 18,583 products. Coverage of each enrichment column is published, both per distinct name and weighted by label occurrence — see the coverage table.

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