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LIMONENE

EU Annex III fragrance allergen

LIMONENE is listed in the European Commission CosIng inventory under the functional categories Deodorant, Solvent, Perfuming, with CAS number 138-86-3 and EC number 205-341-0/931-893-3. CosIng records a restriction against it (III/88 III/167 III/168), so check the corresponding Annex entry before formulating. In the free INCIDB sample it appears on 71 product labels, reaching position 2 on Fio dentário. 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
138-86-3
EC NUMBER
205-341-0/931-893-3
COSING FUNCTIONS
Deodorant, Solvent, Perfuming
COSING RESTRICTION
III/88 III/167 III/168

Sample products containing LIMONENE

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
Shampooing expert anti pelliculaire Citrus #15
Kératine Color 4.6 Châtain Chocolat #53
Mousse à raser #15
Shampooing nutri-réparation au dattier du désert #19
Savon crème feuilles de verveine - karité #11
Moisture Me Rich Total Results Shampoo #12
Crème De Douche Lait D'ânesse Camomille Sans Sulfates #17
Shampooing soin aux huiles d'Olive Karité Argan #32

Query LIMONENE in the full snapshot

import pyarrow.parquet as pq

ingredients = pq.read_table('ingredients.parquet').to_pandas()
target = ingredients[ingredients['inci_name'] == "LIMONENE"]
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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