Cosmetic ingredient dictionary
Triticum Vulgare Starch in cosmetics: what it is and what it does
Triticum Vulgare Starch is a cosmetic ingredient that makes the product thicker or thinner. Bravoora reads it as gluten. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 28 products, most often shampoos.
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What does Triticum Vulgare Starch do in a product?
In a cosmetic product, Triticum Vulgare Starch makes the product thicker or thinner, scrubs or polishes and absorbs water or oil. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: viscosity controlling, abrasive, absorbent, binding and bulking.
What is Triticum Vulgare Starch?
Triticum Vulgare Starch is a high-polymeric carbohydrate material usually derived from the Wheat, Triticum vulgare, Poaceae.
- CAS number
- 9005-25-8
- EC number
- 232-679-6
- CosIng reference
- 80436
Does Triticum Vulgare Starch come from a food allergen?
Bravoora’s label checker reads Triticum Vulgare Starch 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 Starch?
Which products contain Triticum Vulgare Starch?
Open Beauty Facts finds Triticum Vulgare Starch in the ingredient lists of 28 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often shampoos, soaps and bar soaps.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 12 · Germany 8 · Switzerland 2 · Poland 2.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Triticum Vulgare Starch 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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