Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Avena Sativa Straw Extract in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Avena Sativa Straw Extract is a cosmetic ingredient that keeps the skin in good condition. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 16 products, most often shampoos.

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What does Avena Sativa Straw Extract do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Avena Sativa Straw Extract keeps the skin in good condition. The EU’s CosIng database lists this job for it: skin conditioning.

skin conditioning

What is Avena Sativa Straw Extract?

Avena Sativa Straw Extract is an extract of the straw of the Oat, Avena sativa L., Poaceae.

CAS number
84012-26-0
EC number
281-672-4
CosIng reference
54776

Does Avena Sativa Straw Extract 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 Avena Sativa Straw Extract as gluten, as a precaution: a profile that avoids gluten gets Not for you on a product with it.

Which products contain Avena Sativa Straw Extract?

Open Beauty Facts finds Avena Sativa Straw Extract in the ingredient lists of 16 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often shampoos, hair care and shampoos for oily hair.

  • Shampoos8
  • Hair care5
  • Shampoos for oily hair1
  • Anti-dandruff shampoos1
  • Shampoos for colored hair1

Products with it, by country of sale: France 6 · Germany 3 · India 2 · United States 2.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Avena Sativa Straw Extract 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’.

  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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