How we scored it
Exopolysaccharide excreted during Pseudoalteromonas fermentation; fermentation product is natural.
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 marine Pseudoalteromonas bacteria and collecting their excreted polysaccharides. No alternative route.
In plain English
A moisturising sugar-based ingredient produced by fermenting marine bacteria. It comes directly from the bacteria's natural fermentation process.
CosIng definition: Pseudoalteromonas Exopolysaccharides are the exopolysaccharides excreted by the fermentation of Pseudoalteromonas.
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.
- 2PSEUDOALTEROMONAS EXOPOLYSACCHARIDES. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3PSEUDOALTEROMONAS EXOPOLYSACCHARIDES. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=PSEUDOALTEROMONAS%20EXOPOLYSACCHARIDES