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Increase Your Awareness With Basic Facts About Balsam of Peru
BY NIKKI AND ANNE HEART ♥ February 18, 2025
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The following highlights the basic facts. More information can be obtained through the sites listed below as well as many other informational sites regarding ingredients in medications and supplements. Information facts can change. Make sure you have all up-to-date information.
Basic Facts about Balsam of Peru
- It is a fragrant resinous liquid from trees grown in Central America
- Not commonly used today
- Still found as a fragrance, flavoring agent or antibacterial ingredient
- Contains a mixture of many substances that are generally related to cinnamon, vanilla, and clove fragrances and flavorings (cinnamein a combination of cinnamic acid, benzoyl cinnamate, benzoyl benzoate, benzoic acid, vanillin and nerodilol)
How can you avoid contact with Balsam of Peru allergen?
Avoid any products that list the following names in the ingredients?
- Balsam peru
- Myroxylon pereirae oleoresin
- Peruvian balsam
- Myroxylon pereirae Klotzsch
- Balsam fir oil
- Abies Balsamea
- Balsam fir oleoresin
- EINECS 232-352-8
- FEMA No. 2114
- FEMA No. 2115
- FEMA No. 2116
- FEMA No. 2117
- Hyperabsolute Balsam, Peru
The following products that may contain Balsam of Peru allergen:
- Air fresheners
- Deodorizers
- Animal repellent
- Cinnamon
- Vanilla
- Spices
- Cleaning products
- Dental medicaments and cements
- Essential oils
- Aromatheraphy products
- Flavored/Scented tobaccos
- Herbal and botanical products
- Lotions
- Medicated lozenges
- Medicinal creams and ointments (Hemorrhoidal cream)
- Oral and lip medications
- Pesticides
- Scented candles
- Shampoo
- Conditioners
Foods that have natural identical chemical ingredients:
- Beer
- Chocolate
- Citrus
- Ice cream
- Tomatoes
- Vermouth
- Colas, sodas and flavored beverages
- Wine
Important to Note:
ross-reactions may occur to colophony (rosin) found in:
- pine trees
- wood
- coal tars
- resorcin monbenzoate
- coniferyl benzoate
- Tolu balsam
- storax
- propolis
- turpentine
- benzoin
- tomatoes
- orange peel
- clove
Some food ingredients found as components or related to Balsam of Peru include:
- benzyl alcohol
- benzyl salicylate
- benzoic acid (and its derivative sodium benzoate
- cinnamic acid
- cinnamic alcohol
- amylcinnamaldehyde
- eugenol (bay rum)
- isoeugenol
- vanillin
Benzoic acid and sodium benzoate are used as preservatives in:
- skin products
- hair products
- cosmetic products
- food products
Balsam of Peru allergic reactions can cause:
- rash
- itching
- redness
- small bumps
- blisters
Exposure reactions usually last 1 to 5 days.
Skin reactions can last from 2 to 8 weeks if you do not come with the substance again.
Sources used:
- Contact Dermatitis Institute, Balsam of Peru, accessed February 11, 2025
- Information was presented by the American Contact Dermatitis Society, February 2025
- Medlineplus.gov, Contact Dermatitis, accessed February 12, 2025
- Mayo Clinic, Contact Dermatitis, accessed February 12, 2025
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