Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Sodium Cocoyl Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Sodium Cocoyl Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein is a cosmetic ingredient that lets oil and water mix, so the product can wash dirt away. Bravoora reads it as gluten. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 8 products, most often hair care.

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What does Sodium Cocoyl Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Sodium Cocoyl Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein lets oil and water mix, so the product can wash dirt away, keeps the skin in good condition, and makes hair easier to comb, softer or shinier. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: surfactant, skin conditioning, hair conditioning and antistatic.

surfactantskin conditioninghair conditioningantistatic

What other names and numbers does Sodium Cocoyl Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein have?

CosIng reference
79382

Does Sodium Cocoyl Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein come from a food allergen?

Bravoora’s label checker reads Sodium Cocoyl Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein 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 Sodium Cocoyl Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein?

Coeliac or gluten-freeNot for youIts name points to gluten.

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Which products contain Sodium Cocoyl Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein?

Open Beauty Facts finds Sodium Cocoyl Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein in the ingredient lists of 8 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often hair care, shampoos and permanent hair dyes.

  • Hair care2
  • Shampoos2
  • Permanent hair dyes1

Products with it, by country of sale: Italy 5 · France 1 · Turkey 1 · Czech Republic 1.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Sodium Cocoyl Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein 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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