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Peanut oil

CAS 8002-03-7

Also registered as 1 other CAS number

90082-42-1

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Peanut oil in plain language

What it is: Also known as Arachis oil · Refined peanut oil · Refined arachis oil · Arachis hypogaea oil · Peanut oil (unhydrogenated) · Arachis hypogaea (peanut) oil
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Peanut seed oil · Ao · Arachidna hypogaea seed oil · Arachidoel · Arachis americana seed oil · Arachis asiatica seed oil · Arachis glandulifera seed oil · Arachis hypogaea seed oil · Arachis oleifera seed oil · Arachis hypogaea hypogaea seed oil · Earthnut oil · Erdnuβol · Fats and Glyceridic oils, arachis · aceite de cacahuete · arachis hypogaea flour · arachis hypogaea fruit extract · arachis hypogaea seedcoat extract · groundnut oil · plant oils / peanut oil
What it does: Used in food as a food additive.
Food additive
Thickener
Solvent
Fragrance
Flavouring
Conditioner
Is it a concern?: We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet.

Regulation

No restrictions found. Peanut oil 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 database8 entries — 6 administration routes
- Route: INTRAMUSCULAR; Dosage form: INJECTION; Potency: NASource →
- Route: OPHTHALMIC; Dosage form: SOLUTION; Potency: NASource →
- Route: ORAL; Dosage form: CAPSULE; Potency: 313.8 mgSource →
- Route: ORAL; Dosage form: TABLET; Potency: NASource →
- Route: TOPICAL; Dosage form: CREAM; Potency: 10 %w/wSource →
- Route: TOPICAL; Dosage form: OIL; Maximum daily exposure: 3000 mgSource →
- Route: VAGINAL; Dosage form: CREAM; Potency: 9 %w/wSource →
- Route: AURICULAR (OTIC); Dosage form: OIL; Maximum daily exposure: 498 mgSource →
USFDAlisted in openFDA substance2 entries
- openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as concept.Source →
- openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as structurallydiverse.Source →
GLOBALJECFAEvaluatedJECFA evaluation record. Functional class: food additive.
- JECFA evaluation record. Functional class: food additive.Source →
USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 30 composition records across product categories including Laboratory supplies, Personal care, Pesticides. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Abrasive, Softener and conditioner, Viscosity modifier.
- EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 30 composition records across product categories including Laboratory supplies, Personal care, Pesticides. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Abrasive, Softener and conditioner, Viscosity modifier.Source →

Expert safety opinions

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

JECFA
Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives
- JECFA evaluation record. Functional class: food additive.
  Year not recorded · GLOBAL JECFA listing · Read the source →
EFSA
European Food Safety Authority
No EFSA opinion on file.

Evidence & sources

No graded research studies for Peanut oil 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

EPA Chemical and Products Database
exposure · updated November 2014
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EPA DSSTox Identifiers
chemistry · updated 2025-12-29
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FDA Inactive Ingredient Database
regulatory · updated 2026-01-09
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FDA GSRS UNII
registry · updated 2026-02-26
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WHO JECFA Database
regulatory · updated 2026-10-04
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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.

PeanutContains · Oral (ingested)
Source: chemindex_name_match

Suitability

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

Food use

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.

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

Source records

Named organisations

Laboratory suppliesPersonal carePesticides

Typical roles

Food additiveThickenerSolventFragranceFlavouringConditioner

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Catalog

Found in these products

Their ingredient lists include Peanut 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 Peanut oil in the catalog.