How we scored it
Extract of a microbial fermentation product; fermentation products are natural origin by 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 a growth medium with Lactococcus bacteria, then extracting the resulting metabolites. Single natural biotechnological route.
In plain English
An extract from beneficial bacteria grown by fermentation. Used to help condition skin. Made through a natural fermentation process, similar to yogurt culture production.
CosIng definition: Lactococcus Ferment Extract is an extract of the product obtained by the fermentation of Lactococcus
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.
- 2LACTOCOCCUS FERMENT EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3LACTOCOCCUS FERMENT EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=LACTOCOCCUS%20FERMENT%20EXTRACT