Essential Oils
Cardamom Oil
Elettaria cardamomum
Warm, spicy-sweet oil from green cardamom pods.
About this ingredient
Distilled from the dried ripe seeds of Elettaria cardamomum, our cardamom oil captures the warm, spicy-sweet aroma of freshly cracked green pods. Rich in α-terpinyl acetate and 1,8-cineole, it is a workhorse ingredient in fine fragrance, oral care, savoury flavour and premium bakery. Every batch is analytically fingerprinted against a reference chromatogram.
Technical specification
- Botanical name
- Elettaria cardamomum
- Extraction method
- Steam Distilled
- Key constituent
- α-Terpinyl Acetate
- Typical assay
- 38% min
- CAS number
- 8000-66-6
- Appearance
- Colourless to pale yellow liquid
- Odour profile
- Warm, spicy, sweet-aromatic
- Solubility
- Soluble in alcohol
- Origin
- Kerala & Karnataka, India
Trade information
Indicative commercial terms for procurement teams. Firm quotations issued on request against your specification and destination.
Minimum order (MOQ)
5 kg
Lead time
10 – 14 days ex-works
Pack sizes
1 kg / 5 kg / 25 kg aluminium bottles · 180 kg lined drums
Incoterms
EXW, FOB, CIF, DDP
HS code
3301.29
Shelf life
24 months from date of manufacture
Storage
Cool, dry place away from direct sunlight; keep containers tightly sealed.
Certifications
FSSAI License
13626034000589
Certified by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India.
Usage & dosage
Typical use levels for Cardamom Oil across finished-product categories, compiled from openly published references (IFRA, FEMA GRAS, EMA HMPC, WHO, USP/Ph. Eur., Tisserand & Young). Verify against your own regulatory framework.
| Application | Typical use level | Example formats |
|---|---|---|
| Fragrance | 0.1 – 2% in concentrate | Warm spicy top-heart lift in masculine and gourmand EDPs. |
| Food & Flavours | 5 – 40 ppm | Bakery, chai concentrates, premium ice cream and Scandinavian pastries. |
| Personal Care | 0.1 – 0.5% | Beard oils, warming men's grooming, oriental-signature body care. |
| Pharmaceutical | 0.1 – 0.5% in carminatives | Digestive syrups, Ayurvedic churna blends, breath-freshening lozenges. |
| Aromatherapy | 1 – 3% topical | Digestive belly-rub blends, warming winter diffusion, meditation blends. |
Fragrance
0.1 – 2% in concentrate
Warm spicy top-heart lift in masculine and gourmand EDPs.
Food & Flavours
5 – 40 ppm
Bakery, chai concentrates, premium ice cream and Scandinavian pastries.
Personal Care
0.1 – 0.5%
Beard oils, warming men's grooming, oriental-signature body care.
Pharmaceutical
0.1 – 0.5% in carminatives
Digestive syrups, Ayurvedic churna blends, breath-freshening lozenges.
Aromatherapy
1 – 3% topical
Digestive belly-rub blends, warming winter diffusion, meditation blends.
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Buyer guides for this product
- Bulk Cardamom Oil: Specs, Dosage and SourcingHow to buy bulk cardamom oil: α-terpinyl acetate and cineole balance, GC-MS verification, dosage in flavour, oral care and fine fragrance, packing and MOQ.
- Sourcing Botanical Extracts from India: A Buyer's PlaybookWhy India is a primary origin for spice oils, oleoresins and absolutes — crop belts, harvest calendars, documentation, FSSAI status, Incoterms and shipping practice.
