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Clitoria ternatea flower extract

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Clitoria ternatea flower extract in plain language

What it is

Also known as Clitoria ternatea flower powder · Butterfly pea flower aqueous extract powder · Butterfly pea flower powder · Clitoria ternatea flower aqueous extract · Clitoria ternatea flower aqueous extract powder

What it does

Used in cosmetics as a skin-conditioning agent. Clitoria Ternatea Flower Extract is an extract of the flowers of Clitoria ternatea L., Leguminosae.

  • Skin conditioning
Is it a concern?
We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet. It is listed for cosmetic use in the EU.

What we know about this ingredient

FDA GSRS classifies this ingredient as ingredient substance mixture.

Regulation

No restrictions found. Clitoria ternatea flower extract appears in these published regulatory listings.

  • EUCosIngActiveClitoria Ternatea Flower Extract is an extract of the flowers of Clitoria ternatea L., Leguminosae
    • Clitoria Ternatea Flower Extract is an extract of the flowers of Clitoria ternatea L., LeguminosaeSource →
  • USFDAlisted in openFDA substanceopenFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as concept.
    • openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as concept.Source →

Expert safety opinions

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

3 data sources

Where this comes from

  • CosIng

    regulatory · updated 2026-09-23

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  • FDA GSRS UNII

    registry · updated 2026-02-26

    Open →
  • openFDA Substance

    registry · updated 2026-05-24

    Open →

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.

  • DairyContains · 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.