How we scored it
Where it comes from
Biotin is synthesised chemically and neutralised with monoethanolamine (ethylene oxide plus ammonia). Fermentation-derived biotin exists at small scale and would raise the value to about 0.80.
In plain English
The monoethanolamine salt of biotin (vitamin B7), used as a skin-conditioning ingredient in cosmetics. The vitamin is mainly made by chemical synthesis and combined with monoethanolamine, an amine made from ethylene oxide and ammonia.
CosIng definition: MEA-Biotinate is the monoethanolamine salt of Biotin that conforms to the formula:
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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.
- 2MEA-BIOTINATE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3MEA-BIOTINATE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=MEA-BIOTINATE