Spices for personal care & cosmetics

What spices does personal care and cosmetics makers buy from India?

Cosmetics buyers have to declare a spice by its INCI name and its allergen constituents on the pack, which turns a fragrance decision into a labelling liability.

What this industry specifies

Put these on the contract and the lot is repeatable. Leave them off and you are buying on hope.

• INCI name and botanical species on the specification, since a cosmetic label is built from INCI and a culinary trade grade will not map onto it
• Fragrance-constituent breakdown for aromatic inputs (eugenol, cinnamal, limonene, linalool and the rest of the declarable set), because your pack has to declare them
• Heavy-metal panel with per-element caps sized for a leave-on topical product rather than borrowed from a food spec
• Colour value with the method stated where the spice is bought for colour, plus a stability statement across pH and light for the format you are making
• Adulterant screen with explicit zero tolerance on Sudan dyes and lead chromate, since a synthetic colourant in a skin product is a different order of problem from one in a curry
• Microbial specification appropriate to the format, because a botanical powder is a bioburden input into a preserved system
• Pesticide residues plus ethylene oxide status against the 0.1 mg/kg EU default, with steam sterilisation named where a kill step is needed
• Organic or COSMOS chain-of-custody documentation traced to certificate numbers where the claim appears on the pack, rather than asserted
• Batch traceability to lot and origin with retained samples, so a fragrance or colour drift traces back to a crop instead of becoming an argument

Formats we supply

• Dried botanical for the buyer's own extraction
• Micronised powder to a stated mesh for scrub and mask formats
• Whole spice as distillation feedstock
• Cold-pressed seed and kernel inputs (kokam)
• Cleaned whole material to a declared origin and grade

Spices we ship this industry

• 
  Turmeric
• Kokam
• 
  Saffron
• 
  Mint
• 
  Clove
• 
  Cinnamon
• Nutmeg
• 
  Star Anise
• 
  Ginger
• Tamarind

Compliance that bites this industry

• Lead chromate (turmeric adulteration)
• Sudan dyes (chilli adulteration)
• Pesticide residues (MRLs)
• Ethylene oxide (ETO)
• Aflatoxin limits (EU)
• CRES — exporter registration

Frequently asked

Can you supply essential oils and absolutes?

We source raw material and coordinate distillation and extraction with vetted third-party units against your spec. YouPals owns no distillation or extraction capacity. The unit's documentation and certifications travel with the lot; we do not present them as ours.

Why insist on a heavy-metal panel for turmeric in a skincare line?

Because turmeric is the most lead-chromate-adulterated spice in the trade, the pigment being added to brighten dull rhizome. In a leave-on product that is direct, repeated skin exposure to a chromate salt, so we screen at origin and treat it as a rejection criterion.

Do you provide the allergen constituent breakdown?

We pass through the analytical data the lot and the third-party unit generate against your specification. We do not author your allergen declaration or your safety assessment; those need your responsible person and your own toxicological review.