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Fermented ingredient, Ferment, and Ferment Filtrate

When Ferment appears in an ingredient’s name, the material comes from fermentation; Ferment Filtrate means it was filtered after fermentation.

By SeneGence · Alan Kante, publisher · Updated

How does Fermented ingredient, Ferment, and Ferment Filtrate work?

The word explains how the ingredient was made. It does not mean the formula contains living cultures, or that every fermented ingredient performs the same job.

What does Fermented ingredient, Ferment, and Ferment Filtrate do?

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Fermented ingredient, Ferment, and Ferment Filtrate

microbial transformation and INCI Ferment/Ferment Filtrate meaning

Fermented ingredients are made when microorganisms such as bacteria, yeasts, or fungi transform a plant-derived or other substrate through fermentation. In an INCI ingredient name, Ferment identifies a fermentation-derived material; Ferment Filtrate identifies a fermentation-derived material that was filtered after fermentation.

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A key for reading any ingredient list; Ferment or Ferment Filtrate in a name shows how the material was made, and the formula it sits in shows what it does for you.