Cinnamon oil

Cinnamon essential oil information

Cinnamon essential oil is extracted from Cinnamomum of the Lauraceae family. Cinnamon oil has a spicy uplifting scent.

Oil properties

Cinnamon leaf oil its spicy musky smell and the oil’s color varies from yellow for the leaf oil and red-brown for the bark oil

Origin of Cinnamon Oil

A native to Indonesia, but cultivated in Sri Lanka and India, the tree is rust-colored and can grow up to 15 meters (45feet)

Extraction

The leaves and twigs or inner dried bark are subjected to steam distillation. The leaves yield 1.6 – 1.8 % and the bark 0.5 – 1.00 % oil.

Chemical composition

The main chemical components of the essential oil, obtained from the leaves, are eugenol, eugenol acetate, cinnamic aldehyde and benzyl benzoate

 

CERTIFICATE OF ANALYSIS

Sample Name

Oil of  Cinnamon Leaf

Laboratory ID

SAS – FCM – 191979

Date

7/12/2019

Analytical Parameters

Analytical Method

Result

Units

Limits

Remarks

Acid Value

ISO 660:1996

9.5016

mg KOH/g

Max 4

Complies

Peroxide Value

ISO 3961:19998

1.9798

mEqv/kg

Max 15

Complies

Lead

AOC 994.02

<0.01

mg/kg

Max 0.1

Complies

Copper

AOAC 942.13

<0.01

mg/kg

Max 0.1

Complies

Total Iron

AOAC 990.05

0.05

mg/kg

Max 5

Complies

Arsenic

AOAC 942.13

<0.001

mg /kg

Max 0.1

Complies

Alpha cypermethrin

AOAC 970.52

Nil

mg/kg

Nil

Complies

Calcium Arsenate

SAS-TM-MR-035

Nil

mg/kg

Nil

Complies

Chlordimeform

SAS-TM-MR-078

Nil

mg/kg

Nil

Complies

All Parameters were ana* All Parameters analyzed ” AS IS BASIS “

*Limits based on Codex S * Limits based on Codex Stan 19 & EAS Standard 769.

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