Gluten Containing Cosmetic Ingredients

You may be wondering exactly what ingredients I look to avoid when I am shopping, or putting these lists together for my blog. There is a lot of information out there from a lot of different sources so it can be difficult to make sure that you are being thorough when ensuring products are GF. The most comprehensive list I've found online is from Bewildered Bug. I have compared it to a lot of small lists that I have also found and added ingredients to it to make sure that its not missing anything... to the best of my knowledge anyway.



Some of these are very obvious, and others not so obvious.  My biology degree forced me to take a lot of chemistry (yipee... NOT) and although I hated it, I guess one good thing has come out of it....and that is the fact that I am luckily now familiar with big long chemical words.  Yay..Something I thought would never be useful in my own life finally has a use!  But if you are not as familiar with the awesome world of chemistry (trust me...you aren't missing much), just take it slow and break the words up into pieces and they will make more sense to you that way.  I'm warning you.... this is a LONG list.... try not to get too overwhelmed!

 - AMP-Isostearoyl Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein
- AMP-Isostearoyl Wheat/Corn/Soy Amino Acids
- Amino Peptide Complex
- Aspergillus/Saccharomyces/Barley Ferment Extract Filtrate

- Aspergillus/Saccharomyces/Barley Seed Ferment Extract
- Aspergillus/Saccharomyces/Barley Seed Ferment Filtrate Extract
- Aspergillus/Saccharomyces/Wheat Lees Ferment Filtrate
- Aspergillus/Soybean/Wheat Germ/ Camellia Sinesis Leaf/Job’s Tears Seed/Rice Germ/Sesame Seed Ferment
- Avena Sativa (Oat)
- Avena Sativa (Oat) Bran
- Avena Sativa (Oat) Bran Extract
- Avena Sativa (Oat) Kernel Extract
- Avena Sativa (Oat) Kernel Flour
- Avena Sativa (Oat) Kernel Meal
- Avena Sativa (Oat) Kernel Oil
- Avena Sativa (Oat) Kernel Protein
- Avena Sativa (Oat) Leaf Extract
- Avena Sativa (Oat) Meal Extract
- Avena Sativa (Oat) Peptide
- Avena Sativa (Oat) Protein Extract
- Avena Sativa (Oat) Starch
- Avena Sativa (Oat) Straw Extract
- Bacillus/Wheat Bran/Phaseolus Angularis Seed/Prunus Armeniaca Seed/Artemisia Annua
     Extract/Xanthium Strumarium Fruit Extract/Glycine Soja Seed Ferment Extract
- Barley (Hordeum Distichim) Extract
- Barley (Hordeum Distichum) Flour
- Barley (Hordeum Vulgare) Extract
- Barley (Hordeum Vulgare) Flour
- Barley (Hordeum Vulgare) Juice
- Barley (Hordeum Vulgare) Leaf Juice
- Barley (Hordeum Vulgare) Powder
- Barley (Hordeum Vulgare) Root Extract
- Barley (Hordeum Vulgare) Seed Extract
- Barley Extract
- Barley Juice
- Barley Leaf Juice

- Barley Lipids
- Barley Seed Flour

- Beta Glucan
- Cetearyl Wheat Bran Glycosides
- Cetearyl Wheat Straw Glycosides
- Cocodimonium Hydroxypropyl Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein
- Cocoyl Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein
- Corn Gluten Amono Acids
- Cyclodextrin
- Dextrin
- Dextrin Palmitate
- Disodium Wheat Germamido MEA-Sulfosuccinate
- Disodium Wheat Germamido PEG-2 Sulfosuccinate
- Disodium Wheatgermamphodiacetate
- Ethyl Wheat Germate
- Extract of Barley
- Extraxt of Barley Root
- Extract of Barley Seed

- Fermented Grain Extract

- Gliadin
- Hordeum Distichin (Barley) Extract
- Hordeum Dostichin (Barley) Seed Flour
- Hordeum Vulgare (Barley) Extract
- Hydrogenated Wheat Germ Oil
- Hydrogenated Wheat Getm Oil Unsaponifiables
- Hydrolyzed Barley Protein
- Hydrolyzed Malt Extract
- Hydrolyzed Oat Flour
- Hydrolyzed Oat Protein
- Hydrolyzed Oats
- Hydrolyzed Rye Phytoplacenta Extract
- Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein
- Hydrolyzed Wheat Bran
- Hydrolyzed Wheat Flour
- Hydrolyzed Wheat Gluten
- Hydrolyzed Wheat Gluten Extract
- Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein
- Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein Hydroxypropyl Plysiloxane
- Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein PG – Propyl Methylsilanediol
- Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein PG – Propyl Silanetriol
- Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein/Cystine Bis-PG-Propyl Silanetriol Copolymer
- Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein/Dimetgicone PEG-7 Acetate
- Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein/Dimetgicone PEG-7 Phosphate Copolymer
- Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein/Dimetgicone PEG-20 Acetate Copolymer
- Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein/PVP Crosspolymer
- Hydrolyzed Wheat Starch
- Hydroxypropyltrimonium Wheat/Soy Amino Acids
- Hydroxypropyltrimonium Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein
- Hydroxypropyltrimonium Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein/Siloxysilicate
- Hydroxypropyltrimonium Hydrolyzed Wheat Starch

- Glyceride Ingredients

- Laurdimonium Hydroxypropyl Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein
- Kluyveromyces/ Lactobacillus/ Lactococus/ Leuconostoc/ Saccharomyces/ Hydrolyzed Wheat       Protein Ferment Filtrate
- Lactobacillus/ Oat/ Rye/ Wheat Seed Extract Ferment
- Lactobacillus/ Rye Flour Ferment
- Lactobacillus/ Rye Flour Ferment Filtrate
- Laurdimonium Hydroxypropyl Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein
- Laurdimonium Hydroxypropyl Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein/ Siloxysilicate
- Laurdimonium Hydroxypropyl Hydrolyzed Wheat Starch
- Laurdimonium Hydroxypropyl Hydrolyzed Wheat Amino Acids
- Malt Extract
- Maltodextrin
- Oat Amino Acids 

- Oat Beta Glucanoat Extract

- Oat Fiber

- Oat Flour

- Oat Flour Sodium Lauroyl
- Olivoyl Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein
- Palmitoyl Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein
- Pantoea Agglomerans/Wheat Flour Ferment Extract
- PG-Wheat Protein

- Phytosphingosine Extract
- Polygonum G Fagopytum (Buckwheat) Leaf Extract
- Potassium Cocoyl Hydrolyzed Oat Protein
- Potassium Lauroyl Wheat Amino Acids
- Potassium Olivoyl Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein
- Potassium Palmitoyl Hydrolyzed Oat Protein
- Potassium Olivoyl/Lauroyl Wheat Amino Acids
- Potassium Palmitoyl Hydrolyzed Oat Protein
- Potassium Palmitoyl Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein
- Potassium Undecylenoyl Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein

- Prolaminesaccharinyces Cerevusuak Extract
- Propyltrimonium Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein
- Quaternium-79 Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein
- Rye Extract
- Rye Flour
- Rye Seed Extract
- Rye Seed Flour
- Saccharomyces/ Barley Seed Ferment Extract
- Saccharomyces/ Barley Seed Ferment Filtrate
- Secale Cereale (Rye) Seed Extract
- Secale Cereale (Rye) Seed Flour
- Secale Cereale (Rye) Phytoplacenta Placenta Culture Extract Filtrate
- Sodium C8-16 Isoalkylsuccinyl Wheat Sulfonate
- Sodium Capryloyl Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein
- Sodium Cocoyl Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein
- Sodium Capryloyl Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein Glutamate
- Sodium Cocoyl Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein Glutamate
- Sodium Cocoyl Oat Amino Acid
- Sodium Lauroyl Oat Amino Acid
- Sodium Palmitoyl Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein
- Sodium Stearoyl Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein
- Sodium Stearoyl Oat Protein
- Sodium Wheat Germanphoacetate
- Sodium/ TEA-Undecylenoyl Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein
- Soyamidoethyldimonium/ Trimonium Hydroxypropyl Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein
- Soydimonium Hydroxypropyl Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein
- Steardmnonium Hydroxypropyl Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein

- Stearyldimoniumhydroxypropyl
- Streptococcus Zooepidermicus/ Wheat Peptide Ferment

- Thermus Thermophillus Ferment

- Tocopherol/ Wheat Polypeptides
- Tocopherol Acetate (sometimes derived from wheat- check the source to make sure it's GF)
- Trimethyksilyl Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein PG-Propyl Methylsilanediol Crosspolymer
- Triticum Aestivum (Wheat) Flour
- Triticum Aestivum (Wheat) Germ
- Triticum Aestivum (Wheat) Germ Oil
- Triticum Aestivum (Wheat) Leaf Extract
- Triticum Aestivum (Wheat) Peptide
- Triticum Aestivum (Wheat) Seed Extract
- Triticum Turgidum Durum (Wheat) Seed Extract
- Triticum Vulgare (Wheat) Bran
- Triticum Vulgare (Wheat) Bran Extract
- Triticum Vulgare (Wheat) Bran Lipids
- Triticum Vulgare (Wheat) Flour Extract
- Triticum Vulgare (Wheat) Flour Lipids
- Triticum Vulgare (Wheat) Germ
- Triticum Vulgare (Wheat) Germ Extract (water)
- Triticum Vulgare (Wheat) Germ Oil (gluten) (starch)
- Triticum Vulgare (Wheat) Germ Oil Unsaponifiables
- Triticum Vulgare (Wheat) Germ Protein
- Triticum Vulgare (Wheat) Gluten
- Triticum Vulgare (Wheat) Gluten Extract
- Triticum Vulgare (Wheat) Seed Extract
- Triticum Vulgare (Wheat) Sprout Extract
- Triticum Vulgare (Wheat) Starch
- Undecylenoyl Wheat Amino Acids

- Vitamin E- The common term for tocopheryl (acetate/linoleate)- check the source to ensure GF
- Wheat Amino Acids (Hydroxypropyl Trimonium Wheat Protein)

- Wheat Bran Extract (
- Wheat Germ Acid
- Wheat Germ Glycerides
- Wheat Germ Oil PEG-40 Butyloctanol Esters
- Wheat Germ Oil PEG-8 Esters
- Wheat Germ Oil/Palm Oil Aminopropanediol Esters
- Wheat Germamide DEA
- Wheat Germamidopropylkonium Chloride
- Wheat Germamidopropylkonium Betaine
- Wheat Germamidopropalkonium Chloride
- Wheat Germamidopropyl dime thylacine Lactate
- Wheat Germamidopropyl Epoxypropyldimonium Chloride
- Wheatgermamidopropyl Ethyldimonium Ethosulfate
- Wheat Germamidopropylamine Oxide
- Wheat Germamidopropyldimonium Hydroxypropyl (Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein)
- Wheat Germamidopropyl Dimethylamine Hydrolyzed Collagen
- Wheat Germamidopropyl Dimethylamine Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein
- Wheat Germ Glycerides
- Wheat Germ Oil
- Wheat Protein (Sulfonate)
- Wheat Protein Hydrolysate
- Yeast Extract
- Zinc Undecylenoyl Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein

Wow.... that was a lot to copy/paste/edit/type.... I quickly proofread it, but I apologize if I have any spelling errors!

So there you have it...I know it is much easier for someone else to do all the work... but now at least you can compare ingredients of your favorite products to this list.  I printed my list out and carry it around in my wallet.  You can also pin this post on pinterest so you can bring it up anytime you need to reference it.  I check pinterest on my phone all the time when I am out and about shopping specifically for this reason.  Eventually I hope to have most of it memorized so I don't have to keep referring to the list.  This way I can be as confident reading cosmetic labels as I am with food labels.....I will get there eventually....hopefully!