How we scored it
16-amino-acid peptide (Ala, Arg, Asn, Gly, Lys, Phe, Ser, Tyr only); amino-acid building blocks only. 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
Solid-phase synthesised from fermentation/hydrolysate amino acids. No alternative route.
In plain English
A synthetic peptide built from 16 amino acids, used to condition skin. The amino acids come from fermentation, making it fully natural-origin by mass.
CosIng definition: Oligopeptide-22 is a synthetic peptide containing 16 amino acids consisting of alanine, arginine, asparagine, glycine, lysine, phenylalanine, serine and tyrosine; Alanine, synthetic hexadecapeptide with arginine, asparagine, glycine, lysine, phenylalanine, serine and tyrosine
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.
- 2OLIGOPEPTIDE-22. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3OLIGOPEPTIDE-22. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=OLIGOPEPTIDE-22