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Hordeum Vulgare (Barley) Stem Water
Hordeum Vulgare Stem Water · Hordeum Vulgare (Barley) Stem Water
Barley stem water, listed as a skin conditioner.
What it does
It’s made by passing steam through barley stems and collecting the water that results.
The EU’s ingredient database lists it as a skin conditioner, its general term for an ingredient that keeps skin in good condition.European Commission, CosIng (© European Union, CC BY 4.0) · uses put in plain words by Drop ↗
The evidence, graded
expert consensusUS safety reviewers (2026) assessed 16 barley ingredients, most used to condition skin. They judged the 5 from seeds and sprouts safe as used, but had too little data on the other 11, barley stem water among them. Barley parts other than seeds and sprouts aren’t widely eaten as food, and safety test data on them were lacking; evidence of safe use as food was one way to fill the gap. No uses of barley stem water had been reported to them.Burnett 2026 · International Journal of Toxicology ↗
Graded per the methodology: strong · moderate · emerging · expert consensus. A weak source on a strong claim gets the weaker label.
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