Cosmetic ingredient dictionary
Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein/PVP Crosspolymer in cosmetics: what it is and what it does
Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein/PVP Crosspolymer is a cosmetic ingredient that makes hair easier to comb, softer or shinier. Bravoora reads it as gluten. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 7 products, most often sunscreen.
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What does Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein/PVP Crosspolymer do in a product?
In a cosmetic product, Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein/PVP Crosspolymer makes hair easier to comb, softer or shinier, leaves a thin film on skin, hair or nails and holds a hairstyle. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: hair conditioning, film forming and hair fixing.
What other names and numbers does Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein/PVP Crosspolymer have?
- CosIng reference
- 56696
Does Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein/PVP Crosspolymer come from a food allergen?
Bravoora’s label checker reads Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein/PVP Crosspolymer 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 Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein/PVP Crosspolymer?
Which products contain Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein/PVP Crosspolymer?
Open Beauty Facts finds Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein/PVP Crosspolymer in the ingredient lists of 7 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often sunscreen, makeup and skincare.
Products with it, by country of sale: United States 3 · Spain 1 · Netherlands 1 · France 1.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein/PVP Crosspolymer 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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