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Royal jelly

CAS 8031-67-2

Also registered as 1 other CAS number

91081-56-0

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Royal jelly in plain language

What it is: On cosmetic ingredient lists it appears as “Royal jelly extract”.
Also known as Royal jelly extract · Royal jelly powder · Cera flava (apis mellifera) · Honey (apis mellifera) · Queen bee jelly · Apis mellifera secretion
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Beeswax (apis mellifera) · Fengla (apis mellifera) · Honey bee secretion · Honeybee secretion
What it does: Used in cosmetics as a skin-conditioning agent. Royal Jelly Extract is an extract obtained from royal jelly.
Skin conditioning
Conditioner
Is it a concern?: We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet. It is listed for cosmetic use in the EU.

Regulation

No restrictions found. Royal jelly appears in these published regulatory listings.

In marketed US drugs

Recorded in these product areas

Found in consumer products
Beauty
Cleaning

EUCosIngActive2 entries
- Royal Jelly Extract is an extract obtained from royal jellySource →
- Royal Jelly Powder is the powder obtained by lyophilizing royal jellySource →
USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 106 composition records across product categories including Personal care. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Softener and conditioner.
- EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 106 composition records across product categories including Personal care. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Softener and conditioner.Source →
USFDAmarketed drug occurrenceFDA NDC lists this ingredient in 5 active drug products and 5 total products.
- FDA NDC lists this ingredient in 5 active drug products and 5 total products.Source →
USFDAlisted in openFDA substanceopenFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as structurallydiverse.
- openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as structurallydiverse.Source →

Expert safety opinions

No expert opinion on file for Royal jelly. These are the independent scientific bodies that assess ingredients like this one; we show an opinion only when a record we hold cites it.

SCCS
EU Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety
No SCCS opinion on file.
CIR
Cosmetic Ingredient Review (US expert panel)
No CIR safety assessment on file.

Evidence & sources

No graded research studies for Royal jelly yet. This record is compiled from the published data sources below — registries and regulatory listings, not study findings.

6 data sources

Where this comes from

CosIng
regulatory · updated 2026-09-23
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EPA Chemical and Products Database
exposure · updated September 2018
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EPA DSSTox Identifiers
chemistry · updated 2025-12-29
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FDA National Drug Code Directory
regulatory · updated 2027-12-31
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FDA GSRS UNII
registry · updated 2026-02-26
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openFDA Substance
registry · updated 2026-05-24
Open →

Suitability

Context-specific fit derived from published classifications and the current ingredient evidence profile.

Fragrance avoidance

Nothing to weigh for this context yet.

No signal in this context

We have no published hazard signal for this ingredient, so we cannot say how it behaves in this context — that is missing evidence, not a clean result.