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Peroxide levels along the fragrance value chain comply with IFRA standards
Author(s) -
Api A. M.,
Boyd J.,
Renskers K.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
flavour and fragrance journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.393
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1099-1026
pISSN - 0882-5734
DOI - 10.1002/ffj.3257
Subject(s) - autoxidation , chemistry , peroxide , linalool , peroxide value , limonene , organic chemistry , food science , essential oil
Autoxidation of certain perfume ingredients can result in the formation of sensitizing chemicals although the parent compounds are non‐sensitizing. Peroxide values were determined for 875 freshly manufactured fragrance compounds, 34 hydroalcoholic fragrance products retrieved from retail establishments, 80 hydroalcoholic fragrance products retrieved from end‐use consumers and in natural oils containing linalool stored either under Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) or non‐GMP conditions. Only 2/875 freshly manufactured fragrance compounds had peroxide values in excess of 10 mmol/l. There was no apparent correlation between the peroxide values and the concentrations of either linalool or limonene or the sum of their concentrations. None of the hydroalcoholic fragrance products retrieved from either retail establishments or consumers had peroxide values exceeding 10 mmol/l. Under typical storage and use conditions, there was very little peroxide formation. Utilization of GMPs that comply with IFRA standards results in products that comply with IFRA standards for preventing induction of sensitization owing to autoxidation of fragrance ingredients. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.