What it is
In the register’s words: “Citrus Reticulata Fruit Extract is the extract of the fruit of the Mandarin-orange, Citrus reticulata, Rutaceae.”
- EU register name (INCI)
- CITRUS RETICULATA FRUIT EXTRACT
- CAS number
- 8008-31-9
- EC number
- -
Labels often add a second name in brackets, so a label may say Citrus Reticulata (Tangerine) Fruit Extract where the register says CITRUS RETICULATA FRUIT EXTRACT. Both are the same ingredient.
What the register lists it for
These are the uses the European Commission’s CosIng register lists for Citrus Reticulata (Tangerine) Fruit Extract in any cosmetic, hair roles first. They say why a maker might add it, not what it does in one formula, and they aren’t a safety rating.
- Skin protecting
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Helps shield skin from outside factors. On a hair label it usually sits beside a conditioning role.
Register definition: “Helping to avoid harmful effects to the skin from external factors.”
Where it sits on each label
US labels list ingredients from most to least, except that those at 1% or less may follow in any order. A name near the top is a large part of the formula. A label doesn’t mark where the 1% point falls, so further down, the order says little about how much is in it.
- Shampoos 1 label First five names: 0 of 1 Shampoos without it
- Clarifying shampoos 1 label First five names: 0 of 1 Clarifying shampoos without it
- Deep conditioners 1 label First five names: 0 of 1 Deep conditioners without it
Every label, product by product (3)
- As I Am Coconut CoWash Cleansing Conditioner Shampoo 8th of 25 names
- As I Am Curl Clarity Shampoo Clarifying shampoo 7th of 13 names
- As I Am Hydration Elation Intensive Conditioner Deep conditioner 14th of 29 names
Each line runs from the first name on a label to the last; a dot is where this ingredient sits. Makers change formulas now and then; if the list on your bottle differs, go by your bottle.
Your next step
Other skin protecting ingredients on these labels
- Sargassum Filipendula Extract 5 labels
- Gelidiella Acerosa Extract 4 labels
- Hippophae Rhamnoides Fruit Oil 4 labels
- Hypnea Musciformis Extract 4 labels
- Pelvetia Canaliculata Extract 3 labels
- Hippophae Rhamnoides (Sea Buckthorn) Seed Oil 2 labels
- Thymus Vulgaris (Thyme) Leaf Extract 2 labels
Updated · The name, numbers and uses come from the European Commission’s CosIng entry (CC BY 4.0); we write the uses in US spelling and put the hair ones first. The labels are each maker’s own. The order rule is the FDA’s Cosmetics Labeling Guide. All our sources are on the Sources page.