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cinnamon; whereas in the United States, Indonesian cassia [C.burmanii] and Vietnam
[Saigon] cassia [C.loureirii] are variously classed as ‘cinnamon’, and the volatile oil from
Chinese cassia [C. cassia] as ‘cinnamon oil’.
‘Cinnamon has been deleted from the US Pharmacopoeia 19, but in the US
Dispensatory, 26 th edn, cinnamon is described as ‘ the dried bark of C.loureirii Nees(F:
Lauraceae) and contains, in each 100g, not less than 2.5 ml of volatile oil’.
The United States Government Standard defines ‘cinnamon, cassia,’ in the
following terms:
Type 1, Whole:
1) Batavia cassia shall be the dried bark of cultivated varieties of Cinnamonum
burmanii Blume.
2) Saigon cassia shall be the dried bark of cultivated varieties of Cinnamonum
loureirii Nees
3) korintji cassia shall comply with the requirements of sub type A.
TYPE 2 GROUND:
1) Batavia cassia
2) Saigon cassia
3) Korintji cassia
TYPE 3, CUT [STICKS]:
Stick cinnamon shall be cut to specified length from Batavia cassia whoch shall
not exceed 15 mm diameter.
TYPE 4, FORTIFIED, GROUND:
Type 4 fortified ground cinnamon shall have a natural cassia or cinnamon base,
except that fortified cinnamon shall have the addition of an encapsulated essential oil of
cinnamon or cassia or a combination thereof.
Type 1, whole cinnamon, cassia, is required to confirm to the requirements given
in the below table, except for the sieve requirements. Type 2 ground cinnamon, cassia