How we scored it
Extract of a microbial fermentation product; fermentation products are natural origin by convention → 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
Produced by fermenting a growth medium with Pediococcus bacteria, then extracting the resulting metabolites. Single natural biotechnological route.
In plain English
An extract from beneficial bacteria grown by fermentation. Used as a humectant and skin conditioner. Produced through a natural fermentation process.
CosIng definition: Pediococcus Ferment Extract is the extract of the product obtained through fermentation of the microorganism Pediococcus.
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.
- 2PEDIOCOCCUS FERMENT EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3PEDIOCOCCUS FERMENT EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=PEDIOCOCCUS%20FERMENT%20EXTRACT