Cosmetic ingredient dictionary
Hordeum Vulgare Stem Water in cosmetics: what it is and what it does
Hordeum Vulgare Stem Water is a cosmetic ingredient that keeps the skin in good condition. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 8 products, most often facial creams.
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What does Hordeum Vulgare Stem Water do in a product?
In a cosmetic product, Hordeum Vulgare Stem Water keeps the skin in good condition. The EU’s CosIng database lists this job for it: skin conditioning.
What is Hordeum Vulgare Stem Water?
Hordeum Vulgare Stem Water is the aqeuous solution of the steam distillates obtained from the stems of Hordeum vulgare.
- CAS number
- 85251-64-5
- EC number
- 286-476-2 (I)
- CosIng reference
- 89898
Does Hordeum Vulgare Stem Water come from a food allergen?
Not according to the allergen lists. Gluten is a protein of the cereal grain, and a straw, stem or leaf holds no grain, so this page names no allergen. Bravoora’s label checker still reads Hordeum Vulgare Stem Water as gluten, as a precaution: a profile that avoids gluten gets Not for you on a product with it.
Which products contain Hordeum Vulgare Stem Water?
Open Beauty Facts finds Hordeum Vulgare Stem Water in the ingredient lists of 8 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often facial creams, day creams and cleansing waters.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 6 · Italy 2 · Switzerland 1.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Hordeum Vulgare Stem Water 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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