How we scored it
Whole fermentation product; fermentation 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
Produced by fermenting the yeast-like fungus Aureobasidium pullulans on a sugar-based nutrient medium. A biotechnological process with no petrochemical route.
In plain English
A skin-conditioning ingredient made by fermenting a naturally occurring microorganism on a sugar medium. It's produced biologically rather than through chemical synthesis.
CosIng definition: Aureobasidium Pullulans Ferment is the product obtained by the fermentation of Aureobasidium Pullulans
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.
- 2AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS FERMENT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS FERMENT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=AUREOBASIDIUM%20PULLULANS%20FERMENT