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Citrus Medica Vulgaris Fruit Extract in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Citrus Medica Vulgaris Fruit Extract is a cosmetic ingredient that stops the product reacting with oxygen and going off. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 6 products, most often shampoos.

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What does Citrus Medica Vulgaris Fruit Extract do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Citrus Medica Vulgaris Fruit Extract stops the product reacting with oxygen and going off, and binds metals in water so the product stays stable. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: antioxidant and chelating.

antioxidantchelating

What is Citrus Medica Vulgaris Fruit Extract?

Citrus Medica Vulgaris Fruit Extract is an extract of the fruit of the Cedrat, Citrus medica L. var. vulgaris, Rutaceae.

CAS number
92346-90-2
EC number
296-175-8
CosIng reference
55426

Which products contain Citrus Medica Vulgaris Fruit Extract?

Open Beauty Facts finds Citrus Medica Vulgaris Fruit Extract in the ingredient lists of 6 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often shampoos, hair care and shampoos for oily hair.

  • Shampoos5
  • Hair care2
  • Shampoos for oily hair1
  • Anti-dandruff shampoos1
  • Dry shampoos1

Products with it, by country of sale: France 4 · Italy 1 · Morocco 1.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Citrus Medica Vulgaris Fruit Extract turns up, not how much of the market it is.

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Sources

The job, the description and the EU annex entry are CosIng’s; the fragrance allergens are the EU Annex III names Bravoora’s label checker reads; the product counts are Open Beauty Facts’.

  1. European Commission: CosIng cosmetic ingredient database (functions, description, EU annex entry)
  2. Open Beauty Facts: product database, 77,506 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL

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