beauty
cleaning
food
industrial

Lime oil, cold pressed

CAS 8008-26-2 · 40/100 · High conf.

Concern score

40/100Moderate concern based on regulatory listings.

High confidence

Lime oil, cold pressed in plain language

What it is: Also known as Lime oil · Lime oil expressed · Coldpressed lime oil · Citrus aurantifolia (lime) oil · Citrus acida fruit rind oil · Citrus aurantifolia fruit rind oil
Show all 21 names
Citrus aurantifolia oil · Citrus aurantiifolia fruit rind oil · Citrus aurantiifolia oil · Expressed lime oil · Lime peel oil · Limonia aurantifolia oil · Lime oils · distilled Citrus aurantifolia oil · Distilled lime oil · Cold-pressed lime oil · Lime oil folded · Lime oil, expressed, rectified · expressed Persian lime oil · citrus aurantifolia seed oil · oil of lime
What it does: Used in consumer products as a humectant, a fragrance ingredient and a flavouring.
Humectant
Fragrance
Flavouring
Conditioner
Deodorant
Antimicrobial
Is it a concern?: Moderate concern: no hazard classifications on record.

Why it's flagged

EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 484 composition records across product categories including Personal care, Cleaning products and household care, Cleaning and safety.

The score describes this ingredient's chemical identity — its hazard profile from published classifications and regulatory status — not the safety of any product it appears in.

Regulation

No restrictions found. Lime oil, cold pressed appears in these published regulatory listings.

Inactive ingredient in US drugs

Recorded in these product areas

Found in consumer products
Beauty
Cleaning
Industrial

USFDAinactive ingredient database2 entries — 2 administration routes
- Route: ORAL; Dosage form: LOZENGE; Maximum daily exposure: 10 mgSource →
- Route: SUBLINGUAL; Dosage form: TABLET; Potency: NASource →
EUEFSAEFSA opinionSafety and efficacy of feed additives consisting of expressed lemon oil and its fractions from Citrus limon (L.) Osbeck and of lime oil from Citrus aurantiifolia (Christm.) Swingle for use in all animal species (FEFANA asbl) (EFSA FEEDAP)
- Safety and efficacy of feed additives consisting of expressed lemon oil and its fractions from Citrus limon (L.) Osbeck and of lime oil from Citrus aurantiifolia (Christm.) Swingle for use in all animal species (FEFANA asbl) (EFSA FEEDAP)Source →
USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 484 composition records across product categories including Personal care, Cleaning products and household care, Cleaning and safety. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Fragrance, Deodorizer, Humectant.
- EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 484 composition records across product categories including Personal care, Cleaning products and household care, Cleaning and safety. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Fragrance, Deodorizer, Humectant.Source →
USFDAlisted in openFDA substanceopenFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as structurallydiverse.
- openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as structurallydiverse.Source →

Expert safety opinions

Independent scientific assessments cited by the records we hold, with the year and link where the record gives one.

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.
JECFA
Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives
No JECFA evaluation on file.
EFSA
European Food Safety Authority
- Safety and efficacy of feed additives consisting of expressed lemon oil and its fractions from Citrus limon (L.) Osbeck and of lime oil from Citrus aurantiifolia (Christm.) Swingle for use in all animal species (FEFANA asbl) (EFSA FEEDAP)
  2021 · EU EFSA listing · Read the source →

Evidence & sources

No graded research studies for Lime oil, cold pressed 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

EFSA OpenFoodTox
regulatory · updated 2026-10-04
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EPA Chemical and Products Database
exposure · updated october 15, 2019
Open →
EPA DSSTox Identifiers
chemistry · updated 2025-12-29
Open →
FDA Inactive Ingredient Database
regulatory · updated 2026-01-09
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.

Food use

Food-use source coverage is present in the current record.

Good fit

The ingredient appears in food-oriented source coverage or allowed-use references, which makes food use easier to support than a context with no domain signal at all.

Fragrance avoidance

Not a strong fit for fragrance avoidance because it carries Fragrance.

Avoid

The ingredient itself is a fragrance-linked signal, so it is better treated as an avoid case when fragrance exposure is the main concern.

Where it has been recorded

How often EPA CPDat has listed Lime oil, cold pressed in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

484

Named organisations

Personal careCleaning products and household careCleaning and safetyVehicle

Typical roles

HumectantFragranceFlavouringConditionerDeodorantAntimicrobial

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Catalog

Found in these products

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

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Co-occurrence

Often appears with

Ingredients that frequently appear alongside Lime oil, cold pressed in the catalog.