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Excellentia International CINNAMON BARK OIL PURE & NATURAL

It is an evergreen tree, 5 to 10 m high, with a quite thick bark. Twigs are often compressed. The long and oval leaves are arranged in the opposite way. They are dark green above and paler beneath. The numerous flowers are arranged in terminal or regular spikes. Cinnamon is native to Sri Lanka and Western India. Back in 2700 B.C., the use of cinnamon was recorded in Chinese medical history. One thousand years later, Egyptians bought it from Asia and used it for embalming mummies. Cinnamon was transported from Ceylon Island and China to the Mediterranean coasts by ships and carried by camels from Persian Gulf. It was traditionally used, especially by Chinese, in cosmetic, in dental products or as a disinfectant and antiviral. It was also used to treat colds, flu or diarrhea. It has been known as Ceylon Cinnamon because it comes from Sri Lanka, the old Ceylon Island. It is a liquid oil, light yellow at first but could become reddish as times passes. It has a warm, spicy and sweet odor. The oil is obtained by a steam distillation of the inner bark, with a yield between 0.5 and 1%.

Ingredient Name: Cinnamon Bark Oil

Functions: Flavor Enhancer

Ingredient Origin: Natural Origin

Labeling Claims: Natural, Naturally Derived

Certifications & Compliance: European Pharmacopeia (Ph. Eur.), FCC Compliant

Technical Data Sheet
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Knowde Enhanced TDS

Identification & Functionality

Ingredient Name

Cinnamon Bark Oil

Ingredient Origin

Natural Origin

Food Ingredients Functions

Flavor Enhancer

Starting Raw Material
Bark
CAS No.
8015-91-6
Botanical Name
Cinnamomum zeylanicum Blume
Botanical family
Lauraceae
FEMA Number
2291.0
Ingredients
Cinnamon, Cassia Oil
Technologies

Food Ingredients

Product Families

Food Ingredients — Taste & Flavor

Flavor Enhancers

Food Ingredients — Whole Foods, Extracts & Premixes

Plant & Herb Products & Extracts

Main Origins

Sri Lanka, Madagascar, Seychellest

Features & Benefits

Labeling Claims

Natural,

Naturally Derived

Food Ingredients Features

Anti-Fungal,

Antimicrobial

Applications & Uses

Markets

Food & Nutrition

Applications

Food & Nutrition — Food

Other Food Applications

Food & Nutrition Applications

Flavors

Uses

Application in fragrances, flavor, cosmetic and aromatherapy. It has anthelminthic, antifungal, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, antiviral and anticholesterol activity

Regulatory & Compliance

Certifications & Compliance

European Pharmacopeia (Ph. Eur.),

FCC Compliant

Regulation
  • Monographs: ISO 6539, Ph. Eur., FCC. _x007f_
  • IFRA: Restricted because of the content of Cinnamaldehyde, due to a skin sensitization. _x007f_
  • Cosmetic Allergens: Limonene, Linalool, Geraniol, Eugenol, Benzyl Benzoate, Cinnamaldehyde, Cinnamyl Alcohol. _x007f_
  • Safety summary: Maximum dermal use level is 0.05%. Maximum adult daily oral dose is 200 mg. Contraindicated in pregnancy and breastfeeding. Risks of skin sensitization and may inhibit blood clotting. By oral route, caution in bleeding disorders as a peptic ulcer or hemophilia and in diabetes and anticoagulant medication.

Technical Details & Test Data

Chemical Profile & Chemotypes

This is an expensive oil, so adulteration should be expected with synthetic ingredients such as Cinnamaldehyde, or cheaper natural derivatives such as Eugenol Ex-Clove oil. Also it can be adulterated with the cheaper Cinnamon leaf oil and Cassia oil. We can determine the adulteration with Cassia (Chinese Cinnamon) by analyzing the content of Phenethyl Alcohol, Coumarin or Trans-Ortho-Methoxy-Cinnamaldehyde, and the adulteration with synthetic Cinnamaldehyde trhough exhaustive GC/MS screening of several
isomers of Phenylpentadienal, a marker of this product.

In the F&F market, it's common to find two qualities of this product: "Cinnamon 60% and 50%". This percentage indicates the content of Cinnamaldehyde. The quality with 50% Cinnamaldehyde is usually a blend of leaf and bark material.

Cinnamaldehyde is responsible for most of therapeutical activity in the oil and also for the risks of skin sensitization.

Typical values for the main compounds present in this oil are detailed below:

 Ph. Eur. 01/2005:1501

  • Cineole: <3%
  • Linalool: 1-6%
  • Beta Caryophyllene: 1-4%
  • Safrole: <0.5%
  • Trans-Cinnamic Aldehyde: 55-75%
  • Eugenol: <7.5%
  • Coumarin: <0.5%
  • Trans-2-Methoxycinnamaldehyde: 0.1-1%
  • Benzyl Benzoate: <1%