BIXA ORELLANA SEED OIL
Bixa Orellana Seed Oil is the oil expressed from the seeds of the Annatto, Bixa orellana L., Bixaceae
BIXA ORELLANA SEED OIL is listed in the EU CosIng inventory, but no direct annex records are linked on this page yet.
Regulatory evidence by market
No rule for this ingredient has been imported for any of the 13 markets tracked here.
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What the official INCI name states
The official label identifies a biological source material and its stated preparation or plant part.
- Identity type from wording
- biological_material
- Preparation or form
- OIL
- Stated biological parts
- SEED
This structure is derived only from the official label wording. It does not establish composition, concentration, chemical equivalence, safety or regulatory permission.
Verified source-organism taxonomy
Exact scientific names from the INCI wording matched the immutable Catalogue of Life release shown here.
Bixa orellana
acceptedL.
- Rank
- species
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Bixaceae
- Genus
- Bixa
Catalogue of Life 2026-07-17 XR · DOI 10.48580/dgykv · CC BY 4.0.
Inventory details for BIXA ORELLANA SEED OIL
INCI name
BIXA ORELLANA SEED OIL
Description
Bixa Orellana Seed Oil is the oil expressed from the seeds of the Annatto, Bixa orellana L., Bixaceae
Record provenance
- Inventory reference
- 54725
- Imported identity
- BIXA ORELLANA SEED OIL
- Source update
- 15/10/2010
Annex records for BIXA ORELLANA SEED OIL
Key data
- HUMECTANT
- Retaining and/or preserving the moisture in a product during use.
- SKIN CONDITIONING
- Maintaining the skin in good condition.
- SKIN CONDITIONING - EMOLLIENT
- Acting as lubricants on the skin surface providing the skin with a soft and smooth appearance.
Official EU ingredient-name evidence
The ingredient name exactly matches the official 2025 EU glossary of common ingredient names.
Other ingredients from the same source
Bixa orellana
RoucuRucuarnatto
5 other ingredients in this inventory name the same organism. Sharing a source is not sharing an identity: a leaf extract, a seed oil and a ferment are different materials with different specifications.
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How BIXA ORELLANA SEED OIL appears in the CosIng inventory
The CosIng inventory lists BIXA ORELLANA SEED OIL as a cosmetic ingredient and this page links it to 0 annex records. The inventory entry captures names and identifiers, while the annex records show where the substance is prohibited, restricted or positively listed in EU cosmetics law.
BIXA ORELLANA SEED OIL is also tagged with 3 cosmetic functions in the official data. Function labels describe intended use, but they do not replace regulatory review of linked annex records before formulation or labelling work.
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This page reproduces the CosIng inventory entry for BIXA ORELLANA SEED OIL from public European Commission cosmetic ingredient materials and shows linked identifiers even when no direct annex match is currently attached.
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