Database/Hair Conditioning/Trypsin
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Trypsin natural?

Yes. Trypsin is a protein built from amino acids, sourced from animal pancreatic tissue or fermentation; no petrochemical fragments.

INCI nameTrypsin
CAS9002-07-7
FunctionHair Conditioning · Skin Conditioning
FeedstockTraditionally extracted from bovine or porcine pancreas, or…

How we scored it

Digestive protease enzyme (protein), from animal pancreas or microbial fermentation; amino-acid-based = 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

Traditionally extracted from bovine or porcine pancreas, or increasingly produced by microbial fermentation. Both routes yield a natural-origin protein.

In plain English

An enzyme traditionally derived from animal pancreas, now often produced by fermentation instead, used to condition hair and skin.

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