Is Aspergillus/Rice Ferment Filtrate natural?

Q: Is Aspergillus/Rice Ferment Filtrate natural?

Aspergillus/Rice Ferment Filtrate has a Natural Origin Index (NOI) of 1.00 (scale 0–1) per ISO 16128. Produced by fermenting rice grains with Aspergillus and filtering the broth; plant/microbial-derived, natural origin. An NOI of 1.00 means 100% of its molecular mass is traceable to a natural, renewable source.

Yes. Produced by fermenting rice grains with Aspergillus and filtering the broth; plant/microbial-derived, natural origin.

INCI nameAspergillus/Rice Ferment Filtrate

FunctionSkin Conditioning

FeedstockFeedstock is rice grains, fermented by Aspergillus and…

How we scored it

Filtrate of rice fermented by Aspergillus; fermentation product; this site's convention = 1.0.

What counts. ISO 16128-2 scores the atoms that remain in the final ingredient. Reagents, solvents, catalysts and protecting groups used during manufacture leave no mass behind and are not counted.

Where it comes from

Feedstock is rice grains, fermented by Aspergillus and filtered to remove the organism. No petrochemical route is used.

In plain English

A filtrate from fermenting rice with Aspergillus mould, used in cosmetics for skin conditioning.

CosIng definition: Aspergillus/Rice Ferment Filtrate is a filtrate of the fermentation product of rice by the microorganism, Aspergillus

References

1ISO 16128-1:2016 and ISO 16128-2:2017 — Guidelines on technical definitions and criteria for natural and organic cosmetic ingredients and products. ISO, Geneva.
2ASPERGILLUS/RICE FERMENT FILTRATE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
3ASPERGILLUS/RICE FERMENT FILTRATE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=ASPERGILLUS/RICE%20FERMENT%20FILTRATE