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Ginger Root Oil

Zingiber Officinale (Ginger) Root Oil · Zingiber Officinale Root Oil

The essential oil of dried ginger root. It holds compounds that can cause allergy.

What it does

It’s the essential oil taken from dried ginger roots. Products add it for scent and flavor, and it’s also listed to condition skin. Like many essential oils, it holds compounds that can cause allergy, such as citronellol. It’s a different ingredient from ginger root extract.

The EU’s ingredient database lists it as a fragrance (adds scent).European Commission, CosIng (© European Union, CC BY 4.0) · uses put in plain words by Drop ↗

The evidence, graded

expert consensusUS safety reviewers (2026) judged 8 ginger ingredients safe as used in products made not to cause allergy, ginger root oil among them. Ginger root oil is the essential oil from dried ginger roots, used for flavor, scent and to condition skin, and was in 135 products. Ginger holds compounds that can cause allergy, such as citronellol, so the reviewers told makers to keep them below levels that could, since one product can hold several plant ingredients.Ferguson 2026 · International Journal of Toxicology ↗

Graded per the methodology: strong · moderate · emerging · expert consensus. A weak source on a strong claim gets the weaker label.

Also known as

ginger essential oil, ginger oil

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