How we scored it
Hydrolysed seaweed protein: amino acids and peptides only; hydrolysis reagents leave no mass, so 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
Dominant route is acid or enzymatic hydrolysis of protein from harvested bladderwrack seaweed. No petrochemical route is relevant.
In plain English
Amino acids and small peptides produced by breaking down protein from bladderwrack, a brown seaweed. It is used to condition skin and comes entirely from the seaweed.
CosIng definition: Hydrolyzed Fucus Vesiculosus Protein is the hydrolysate of the protein obtained from the Bladderwrack, Fucus vesiculosus L., Furaceae, derived by acid, enzyme or other method of hydrolysis
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.
- 2HYDROLYZED FUCUS VESICULOSUS PROTEIN. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3HYDROLYZED FUCUS VESICULOSUS PROTEIN. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=HYDROLYZED%20FUCUS%20VESICULOSUS%20PROTEIN