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Allergen Calculator

9 April 2024•Cosmetic, Toiletry and Fragrance Association of South Africa

Allergens Calculator (New Edition)

Convert the percentage of an allergen in a fragrance oil (from your fragrance IFRA/allergen breakdown certificate) to its exact concentration in your finished cosmetic formula and determine INCI declaration requirements.

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% of final cosmetic formulation (e.g. 0.5% cream, 15% EDP)

Formula: (% in Fragrance × 0.5%) ÷ 100

3. Allergen Composition in Fragrance Compound

INCI Allergen Name (81 Extended List)% in Fragrance Compound% in Final FormulappmLabelling DecisionRemove
%
0.06250%625.0 ppmDeclare on Label
%
0.03100%310.0 ppmDeclare on Label
%
0.00400%40.0 ppmDeclare on Label

Required INCI Allergen Declarations (3)

Cut-off for Leave-On: > 0.001% (10 ppm)
Must appear in descending order on packaging: Limonene (0.0625%), Linalool (0.0310%), Vanillin (0.0040%)
Browse the CTFA Extended Fragrance Allergen Reference (81 Annex III entries)

Use our handy allergen calculator to determine if any ingredients need to be listed on the ingredients list.

This calculator converts the % of an allergen in a fragrance, to the % of the allergen in the final formula.

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