{"id":31641,"date":"2025-12-03T11:42:29","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T10:42:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beautydecoded.com\/ingredient\/wheat-germ-oil-peg-8-esters\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T11:42:29","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T10:42:29","slug":"wheat-germ-oil-peg-8-esters","status":"publish","type":"ingredient","link":"https:\/\/www.beautydecoded.com\/en\/ingredient\/wheat-germ-oil-peg-8-esters\/","title":{"rendered":"Wheat Germ Oil PEG-8 Esters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ingredient type: FAT-SOLUBLE\/EMOLLIENT\/EMULSIFIER\/TEXTURE<\/p>\n<p>\u2728 Role: Wheatgerm oil esterified with PEG-8 is mainly used as an emollient and skin conditioning agent. It helps moisturize and soften skin while improving the texture of cosmetic formulations. <\/p>\n<p>  Ingredient type: Emulsifier<\/p>\n<p> \u200d\u2695\ufe0f Safety: Generally considered safe for topical use. However, those allergic to wheat should exercise caution.<\/p>\n<p>\u2728 Vegan: Not necessarily vegan as this PEG is derived from raw materials that may include animals or animal products.<\/p>\n<p>\u2728 Worth knowing: These esters are well tolerated by most skin types. However, there is a risk of contamination by 1,4-dioxane, a by-product of ethoxylation, although this is tightly controlled by cosmetics regulations.<\/p>\n<p>  Present in: Moisturizers, body lotions, hair and skin care products.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":""},"class_list":["post-31641","ingredient","type-ingredient","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":[],"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":[],"comment_info":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beautydecoded.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ingredient\/31641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beautydecoded.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ingredient"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beautydecoded.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ingredient"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beautydecoded.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}