How we scored it
Enzyme protein assembled from natural amino acids (fermentation/extraction products): 100/100=1.00.
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
Cosmetic superoxide dismutase is typically extracted from plant sources such as melon, or produced by microbial fermentation. No petrochemical synthesis route exists for this enzyme.
In plain English
An antioxidant enzyme extracted from plants like melon, or made by fermentation. As a protein built from amino acids, it is entirely natural in origin.
CosIng definition: Dismutase, superoxide
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.
- 2SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=SUPEROXIDE%20DISMUTASE