How we scored it
Extract of the filtrate from shiitake mycelium fermentation; fermentation products and extracts are natural origin; no synthetic fragments: 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
Lentinus edodes mycelium is grown in submerged fermentation, the broth is filtered and the filtrate is extracted. No synthetic component is incorporated.
In plain English
A liquid extract of shiitake mushroom mycelium grown by fermentation, used to condition and protect the skin.
CosIng definition: Lentinus Edodes Mycelium Ferment Filtrate Extract is the extract of a filtrate of the product obtained by the fermentation of Lentinus edodes mycelium, Marasmiaceae.
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.
- 2LENTINUS EDODES MYCELIUM FERMENT FILTRATE EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3LENTINUS EDODES MYCELIUM FERMENT FILTRATE EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=LENTINUS%20EDODES%20MYCELIUM%20FERMENT%20FILTRATE%20EXTRACT