DESCRIPTION

Tangerine Oil, Coldpressed occurs as a red-orange to brown-orange liquid with a pleasant, orange odor. Oils produced from the unripe fruit are often green. It is the oil obtained by expression from the peels of the ripe fruit of the Dancy tangerine, Citrus nobilis or reticulata (Fam. Rutaceae), and from some other closely related varieties. It is soluble in most fixed oils and in mineral oil, slightly soluble in propylene glycol, and relatively insoluble in glycerin. It may contain a suitable antioxidant.