Database/Film Forming/Gellan Gum
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Gellan Gum natural?

Yes. Polysaccharide gum produced by bacterial fermentation of plant-derived sugars; a whole natural biopolymer with no petrochemical fragment.

INCI nameGellan Gum
CAS71010-52-1
FunctionFilm Forming · Viscosity Controlling
FeedstockProduced by aerobic fermentation of the bacterium Sphingomonas…

How we scored it

Microbial fermentation exopolysaccharide from Sphingomonas elodea grown on plant sugars; this site's method fermentation-product/gum 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 aerobic fermentation of the bacterium Sphingomonas elodea on a glucose growth medium, then recovered by alcohol precipitation. No synthetic route exists.

In plain English

A gelling agent made by fermenting sugar with bacteria. The bacteria naturally produce this polysaccharide, which is purified afterward for use as a thickener in cosmetics.

CosIng definition: Gellan gum

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