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Bitter Orange

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Bitter Orange in plain language

What it is

Also known as Aurantii fructus · Citrus x aurantium fruit · Citrus aurantium amara (bitter orange) fruit extract · Citrus aurantium fruit · Bigarade fruit · Bitter orange fruit

Show all 18 names

Bitter orange fruit extract · Citrus aurantium fruit dry extract · Citrus aurantium fruit extract · Citrus aurantium fruit powder · Immature citrus aurantium fruit extract · Marmalade orange fruit · Seville orange fruit · Sour orange fruit · Suan cheng fruit · Zhi ke · Zhi qiao · Zhiqiao

What it does

We don't have a plain-language description for Bitter Orange yet.

Is it a concern?
We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet.

Regulation

No restrictions found. Bitter Orange appears in these published regulatory listings.

Recorded in these product areas

  • Found in consumer products
  • Beauty
  • USFDAlisted in openFDA substance2 entries
    • openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as concept.Source →
    • openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as structurallydiverse.Source →
  • USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 3 composition records across product categories including Personal care.
    • EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 3 composition records across product categories including Personal care.Source →

Expert safety opinions

No expert opinion on file for Bitter Orange. 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 Bitter Orange yet. This record is compiled from the published data sources below — registries and regulatory listings, not study findings.

4 data sources

Where this comes from

  • EPA Chemical and Products Database

    exposure · updated November 2015

    Open →
  • EPA DSSTox Identifiers

    chemistry · updated 2025-12-29

    Open →
  • FDA GSRS UNII

    registry · updated 2026-02-26

    Open →
  • 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.

Where it has been recorded

How often EPA CPDat has listed Bitter Orange in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

3

Named organisations

1

Personal care
See products using Bitter Orange →

Catalog

Found in these products

Their ingredient lists include Bitter Orange; each product's own rating depends on its whole formula, so it is shown on the product page, not here.