How we scored it
Fungal fermentation extract: Monascus pigments and metabolites are microbially derived, all n=1, so 1.0. Solvents and drying aids leave no counted mass.
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
Monascus is fermented on rice or another carbohydrate substrate, and the filtrate is extracted and dried to a powder. No synthetic route is used for this ingredient.
In plain English
A coloured powder made by drying an extract of the liquid from a Monascus mould fermentation, the same mould used for red yeast rice. It is used as a colorant. The pigments are made by the mould as it grows on rice or another carbohydrate.
CosIng definition: Monascus Ferment Filtrate Extract Powder is the powder obtained from the dried, ground extract of a filtrate of the fermentation of Monascus, Elaphomycetaceae.
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.
- 2MONASCUS FERMENT FILTRATE EXTRACT POWDER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3MONASCUS FERMENT FILTRATE EXTRACT POWDER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=MONASCUS%20FERMENT%20FILTRATE%20EXTRACT%20POWDER