Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein in EU cosmetics: Annex III, entry 307
Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein: the table gives no maximum concentration for this entry; the restrictions are in its conditions and wording. Annex III, entry 307, Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009, consolidated 18 May 2026.
- Annex
- III: List of substances which cosmetic products must not contain except subject to the restrictions laid down
- Reference number
- 307
- Chemical name/INN
- Hydrolyzed wheat protein
- Name of Common Ingredients Glossary
- Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein
- CAS number
- 94350-06-8 / 222400-28-4 / 70084-87-6 / 100209-50-5
- EC number
- 305-225-0; 309-358-5
- Version
- Consolidated version of 18 May 2026
- Official source
- Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009, consolidated text
Official wording: restrictions
- Other: Maximum molecular weight average of the peptides in hydrolysates: 3,5 kDa (23)
Notes referred to in this entry
- (23) From 25 September 2018 cosmetic products containing hydrolyzed wheat proteins and not complying with that restriction shall not be placed on the Union market. From 25 December 2018 cosmetic products containing hydrolyzed wheat proteins and not complying with that restriction shall not be made available on the Union market.
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