Cosmetic ingredient dictionary
Avena Sativa Kernel Flour in cosmetics: what it is and what it does
Avena Sativa Kernel Flour is a cosmetic ingredient that makes the product thicker or thinner. Bravoora reads it as gluten. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 84 products, most often body creams.
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What does Avena Sativa Kernel Flour do in a product?
In a cosmetic product, Avena Sativa Kernel Flour makes the product thicker or thinner, scrubs or polishes and absorbs water or oil. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: viscosity controlling, abrasive, absorbent and bulking.
What is Avena Sativa Kernel Flour?
Avena Sativa Kernel Flour is is the powder obtained by the fine grinding of the kernels of the Oat, Avena sativa L., Poaceae.
- CAS number
- 134134-86-4, 84012-26-0
- EC number
- 281-672-4
- CosIng reference
- 54649
Does Avena Sativa Kernel Flour come from a food allergen?
Bravoora’s label checker reads Avena Sativa Kernel Flour as gluten, because the name points to it: a profile that avoids gluten gets Not for you on a product with it. Cosmetic labels use INCI names and no food-allergen rule applies to them, so the name is the only clue.
Who should look out for Avena Sativa Kernel Flour?
Which products contain Avena Sativa Kernel Flour?
Open Beauty Facts finds Avena Sativa Kernel Flour in the ingredient lists of 84 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often body creams, hair care and shampoos.
Products with it, by country of sale: United States 37 · Australia 21 · Germany 8 · France 5.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Avena Sativa Kernel Flour turns up, not how much of the market it is.
Bravoora reads this ingredient for everyone you shop for: an allergy or intolerance, a vegan or vegetarian diet, a calorie or protein goal, and the labels on supplements and skincare too. Build a profile · For dermatologists, dietitians and doctors
Sources
The job, the description and the EU annex entry are CosIng’s; the fragrance allergens are the EU Annex III names Bravoora’s label checker reads; the product counts are Open Beauty Facts’.
- European Commission: CosIng cosmetic ingredient database (functions, description, EU annex entry)
- Open Beauty Facts: product database, 77,506 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
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