Home › Glycine Soja Oil

Glycine Soja Oil

Low concern

Glycine soja oil is the cosmetic INCI name for soybean oil. As a food, soybean oil is GRAS, widely used, and predominantly polyunsaturated (linoleic acid) with some saturated fat.

Found in

75 products

What it is

INCI name for soybean (Glycine max) oil; used in cosmetics and as a food oil.

Plant oil; in cosmetics it is an emollient. As food, it is soybean oil.

Why it's flagged

soy allergen (less concern for highly refined oil)
high omega-6 ratio

What regulators actually say

"Highly refined oils derived from a major food allergen (such as soybean oil) are exempt from FALCPA allergen labeling requirements."

FDA — Food Allergies (FALCPA) — fda.gov

Regulatory status

United States — FDA

GRAS as soybean oil; refined oil exempt from allergen labeling under FALCPA.

European Union — EFSA

Conventional food oil; soy is an EU Annex II declared allergen.

Scan it before you buy it

Get Ube on iOS or Android — point at any barcode, see what's actually in there.

Get the app