Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Melaleuca Alternifolia Leaf Extract in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Melaleuca Alternifolia Leaf Extract is a cosmetic ingredient that keeps the skin in good condition. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 14 products, most often skincare.

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What does Melaleuca Alternifolia Leaf Extract do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Melaleuca Alternifolia Leaf Extract keeps the skin in good condition and adds scent. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: skin conditioning and perfuming.

skin conditioningperfuming

What is Melaleuca Alternifolia Leaf Extract?

Melaleuca Alternifolia Leaf Extract is is an extract of the leaves of the Tea Tree, Melaleuca alternifolia, Myrtaceae.

CAS number
85085-48-9
EC number
285-377-1
CosIng reference
78000

Which products contain Melaleuca Alternifolia Leaf Extract?

Open Beauty Facts finds Melaleuca Alternifolia Leaf Extract in the ingredient lists of 14 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often skincare, body care and hand creams.

  • Skincare3
  • Body care1
  • Hand creams1
  • Face care1

Products with it, by country of sale: Turkey 4 · Germany 3 · France 2 · Australia 2.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Melaleuca Alternifolia Leaf 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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