Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Glycine Soja Germ Extract in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Glycine Soja Germ Extract is a cosmetic ingredient that softens and smooths the skin. Bravoora reads it as soy. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 20 products, most often shampoos.

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What does Glycine Soja Germ Extract do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Glycine Soja Germ Extract softens and smooths the skin, and keeps the skin in good condition. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: emollient and skin conditioning.

emollientskin conditioning

What is Glycine Soja Germ Extract?

Glycine Soja Germ Extract is an extract of the germ of the Soybean, Glycine soja, Leguminosae.

CAS number
84776-91-0
CosIng reference
34120

Does Glycine Soja Germ Extract come from a food allergen?

Bravoora’s label checker reads Glycine Soja Germ Extract as soy, because the name points to it: a profile that avoids soy 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 Glycine Soja Germ Extract?

Soy allergyNot for youIts name points to soy.

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Which products contain Glycine Soja Germ Extract?

Open Beauty Facts finds Glycine Soja Germ Extract in the ingredient lists of 20 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often shampoos, hair care and shampoos for oily hair.

  • Shampoos7
  • Hair care5
  • Shampoos for oily hair1
  • Anti-dandruff shampoos1
  • Shampoos for colored hair1

Products with it, by country of sale: France 9 · Germany 5 · Spain 1 · Iceland 1.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Glycine Soja Germ Extract 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’.

  1. European Commission: CosIng cosmetic ingredient database (functions, description, EU annex entry)
  2. Open Beauty Facts: product database, 77,506 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL

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