Database/Emollient/Pediococcus Ferment Lysate
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Pediococcus Ferment Lysate natural?

Yes. Entire ingredient is produced by microbial fermentation followed by cell lysis, a fully natural bioprocess.

INCI namePediococcus Ferment Lysate
FunctionEmollient · Humectant
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How we scored it

Whole ingredient is a bacterial fermentation lysate; fermentation products = 1.0 by this site's convention.
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

Pediococcus Ferment Lysate is produced by fermenting a growth medium with Pediococcus bacteria, then lysing the cells. No petrochemical input is used.

In plain English

An ingredient made by fermenting nutrients with Pediococcus bacteria, then breaking open the bacterial cells. Used in skincare as a moisturiser and skin-conditioning ingredient.

CosIng definition: Pediococcus Ferment Lysate is a lysate of the product obtained by the fermentation of growth media by Pediococcus.

References

  1. 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.
  2. 2PEDIOCOCCUS FERMENT LYSATE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3PEDIOCOCCUS FERMENT LYSATE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=PEDIOCOCCUS%20FERMENT%20LYSATE