How we scored it
Synthetic 13-amino-acid peptide (Ala/Asp/Glu/Gly/Ile/Leu/Lys/Phe/Ser); amino-acid building blocks plus coupling leaves no 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
Solid-phase synthesised from natural amino acids. No alternative route noted.
In plain English
A lab-assembled chain of amino acids used as a skin-conditioning ingredient. It's built from the same natural amino acids found throughout nature.
CosIng definition: Oligopeptide-76 is the synthetic peptide containing 13 amino acids consisting of alanine, aspartic acid, glutamic acid, glycine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, phenylalanine, and serine
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-76. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3OLIGOPEPTIDE-76. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=OLIGOPEPTIDE-76