Cosmetic ingredient dictionary
Bambusa Vulgaris Shoot Extract in cosmetics: what it is and what it does
Bambusa Vulgaris Shoot Extract is a cosmetic ingredient that holds water in the skin or the product. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 26 products, most often hair care.
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What does Bambusa Vulgaris Shoot Extract do in a product?
In a cosmetic product, Bambusa Vulgaris Shoot Extract holds water in the skin or the product, softens and smooths the skin, and stops the product reacting with oxygen and going off. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: humectant, emollient, antioxidant, skin conditioning and astringent.
What is Bambusa Vulgaris Shoot Extract?
Bambusa Vulgaris Shoot Extract is the extract of the shoots of bamboo, Bambusa vulgaris, Poaceaea.
- CAS number
- 91771-33-4
- EC number
- 294-923-8
- CosIng reference
- 82473
Which products contain Bambusa Vulgaris Shoot Extract?
Open Beauty Facts finds Bambusa Vulgaris Shoot Extract in the ingredient lists of 26 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often hair care, shampoos and bath and shower.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 6 · Germany 6 · Spain 3 · Colombia 2.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Bambusa Vulgaris Shoot Extract turns up, not how much of the market it is.
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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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