Database/Skin Conditioning/Bacillus/Soybean Ferment Extract
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Bacillus/Soybean Ferment Extract natural?

Yes. This is an extract from soybeans fermented by Bacillus bacteria; fermentation products are treated as natural origin.

INCI nameBacillus/Soybean Ferment Extract
FunctionSkin Conditioning
FeedstockBacillus/Soybean Ferment Extract is produced by fermenting soybeans…

How we scored it

Fermentation extract of soybean substrate, natural origin by 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

Bacillus/Soybean Ferment Extract is produced by fermenting soybeans with Bacillus microorganisms, then extracting the resulting product. Both the substrate and the process are natural/biological.

In plain English

A skin-conditioning extract made by fermenting soybeans with Bacillus bacteria, used in skincare for its conditioning properties.

CosIng definition: Bacillus/Soybean Ferment Extract is an extract of the product obtained by the fermentation of soybeans by the organism, Bacillus

References

  1. 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.
  2. 2BACILLUS/SOYBEAN FERMENT EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3BACILLUS/SOYBEAN FERMENT EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=BACILLUS/SOYBEAN%20FERMENT%20EXTRACT