Database/Humectant/Zymomonas Ferment Extract
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Zymomonas Ferment Extract natural?

Yes. Produced by fermenting a growth medium with Zymomonas mobilis bacteria, then extracting; microbial-derived, natural origin.

INCI nameZymomonas Ferment Extract
FunctionHumectant · Skin Conditioning
FeedstockFeedstock is a growth medium (often sugar-based) fermented…

How we scored it

Extract of Zymomonas mobilis fermentation broth; fermentation product; this site's 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

Feedstock is a growth medium (often sugar-based) fermented by Zymomonas mobilis, then extracted. No petrochemical route is used.

In plain English

An extract from fermenting Zymomonas mobilis bacteria, used in cosmetics to help bind moisture and condition skin.

CosIng definition: Zymomonas Ferment Extract is an extract of the product obtained by the fermentation of Zymomonas Mobilis

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