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Mustard oil

CAS 8007-40-7

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Mustard oil in plain language

What it is: Also known as Brassica nigra seed oil · Mustard oil (brassica nigra) · Mutarda nigra seed oil · Brassica nigra seedcake oil · Mustard seed oil black · Brassica nigra volatile oil
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Brassica seed oil · Mustard, brown (brassica spp.) · Mustard, yellow (brassica spp.) · Oil Of mustard · mustard Oils · Rhamphospermum nigrum volatile oil · mustard seed oil
What it does: Used in consumer products as a colourant, a thickener and a flavouring.
Colourant
Thickener
Flavouring
Is it a concern?: We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet.

Regulation

No restrictions found. Mustard oil appears in these published regulatory listings.

Recorded in these product areas

Found in consumer products
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USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 15 composition records across product categories including Arts and crafts/office supplies, Personal care. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Thickening agent, Flavouring and nutrient, Dye.
- EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 15 composition records across product categories including Arts and crafts/office supplies, Personal care. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Thickening agent, Flavouring and nutrient, Dye.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 Mustard oil. 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 Mustard oil 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 March 2014
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EPA DSSTox Identifiers
chemistry · updated 2025-12-29
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FDA GSRS UNII
registry · updated 2026-02-26
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openFDA Substance
registry · updated 2026-05-24
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Allergen profile

Canonical allergen markers detected on this ingredient. Each row is derived from the ingredient’s name or synonyms matching a known allergen class — useful when scanning a label for a specific allergy context.

MustardContains · Oral (ingested)
Source: chemindex_name_match

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 Mustard oil in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

Named organisations

Arts and crafts/office suppliesPersonal care

Typical roles

ColourantThickenerFlavouring

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Catalog

Found in these products

Their ingredient lists include Mustard oil; 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 Mustard oil in the catalog.