How we scored it
Filtrate of a Lactobacillus fermentation of sodium hyaluronate; fermentation products and their breakdown fragments are natural origin; 1.0 / 1.0 = 1.00.
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
Sodium hyaluronate from bacterial fermentation of sugar is fermented again with Lactobacillus and the liquid is filtered. No synthetic route applies.
In plain English
A filtered liquid left after Lactobacillus bacteria ferment sodium hyaluronate, the salt of hyaluronic acid. It is used as an emollient. It comes entirely from microbial fermentation and contains the breakdown products of that fermentation.
CosIng definition: Lactobacillus/Sodium Hyaluronate Ferment Filtrate is a filtrate of the product obtained by the fermentation of Sodium Hyaluronate by the microorganism, Lactobacillus.
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.
- 2LACTOBACILLUS/SODIUM HYALURONATE FERMENT FILTRATE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3LACTOBACILLUS/SODIUM HYALURONATE FERMENT FILTRATE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=LACTOBACILLUS/SODIUM%20HYALURONATE%20FERMENT%20FILTRATE