Cosmetic ingredient dictionary
Triticum Vulgare Germ Oil in cosmetics: what it is and what it does
Triticum Vulgare Germ Oil is a cosmetic ingredient that softens and smooths the skin. Bravoora reads it as gluten. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 74 products, most often skincare.
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What does Triticum Vulgare Germ Oil do in a product?
In a cosmetic product, Triticum Vulgare Germ Oil 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.
What is Triticum Vulgare Germ Oil?
Triticum Vulgare Germ Oil is the oil obtained from the expression or extraction of the Wheat Germ, Triticum vulgare, Poaceae. It consists primarily of the glycerides of the fatty acids.
- CAS number
- 68917-73-7, 84012-44-2
- EC number
- 281-689-7
- CosIng reference
- 80430
Does Triticum Vulgare Germ Oil come from a food allergen?
Bravoora’s label checker reads Triticum Vulgare Germ Oil 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 Triticum Vulgare Germ Oil?
Which products contain Triticum Vulgare Germ Oil?
Open Beauty Facts finds Triticum Vulgare Germ Oil in the ingredient lists of 74 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often skincare, hair care and body creams.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 22 · Germany 9 · Turkey 8 · United States 7.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Triticum Vulgare Germ Oil 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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