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Yeast beta-glucan

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Yeast beta-glucan in plain language

What it is

On cosmetic ingredient lists it appears as “Faex beta-glucan”.

Also known as Faex beta-glucan

What it does

Used in cosmetics as a skin-conditioning agent, a film former and a thickener. Faex Beta-Glucan is a carbohydrate fraction obtained from the hydrolysis of Yeast.

  • Skin conditioning
  • Film forming
  • Viscosity controlling
Is it a concern?
We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet. It is listed for cosmetic use in the EU.

What we know about this ingredient

Canonical ingredient record built from 2 public-source records.

Regulation

No restrictions found. Yeast beta-glucan appears in these published regulatory listings.

  • EUCosIngActive2 entries
    • Faex Beta-Glucan is a carbohydrate fraction obtained from the hydrolysis of YeastSource →
    • Yeast Beta-Glucan is a carbohydrate fraction obtained from the hydrolysis of YeastSource →

Expert safety opinions

No expert opinion on file for Yeast beta-glucan. These are the independent scientific bodies that assess ingredients like this one; we show an opinion only when a record we hold cites it.

  • SCCS

    EU Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety

    No SCCS opinion on file.

  • CIR

    Cosmetic Ingredient Review (US expert panel)

    No CIR safety assessment on file.

Evidence & sources

No graded research studies for Yeast beta-glucan yet. This record is compiled from the published data sources below — registries and regulatory listings, not study findings.

1 data source

Where this comes from

  • CosIng

    regulatory · updated 2026-09-23

    Open →

Suitability

Context-specific fit derived from published classifications and the current ingredient evidence profile.

Fragrance avoidance

Nothing to weigh for this context yet.

No signal in this context

We have no published hazard signal for this ingredient, so we cannot say how it behaves in this context — that is missing evidence, not a clean result.

Catalog

Found in these products

Their ingredient lists include Yeast beta-glucan; each product's own rating depends on its whole formula, so it is shown on the product page, not here.

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