Saccharomyces/Honey Ferment Filtrate

TL;DR. This ingredient is primarily a skin-conditioning and humectant bioferment it. It can add water-binding sugars, organic acids, amino acids, and other small fermentation metabolites to a formula.

What does Saccharomyces/Honey Ferment Filtrate do in a cosmetic formula?

This ingredient is primarily a skin-conditioning and humectant bioferment it. It can add water-binding sugars, organic acids, amino acids, and other small fermentation metabolites to a formula.

Is Saccharomyces/Honey Ferment Filtrate clean?

From a clean-beauty perspective, it is generally low-friction and not a common restricted-list ingredient. The main watch points are individual sensitivity to bee-derived materials or residual proteins, plus the need for a well-preserved finished formula.

Is Saccharomyces/Honey Ferment Filtrate sustainable?

It is based on a renewable bee-derived sugar feedstock and is expected to be readily biodegradable. Its sustainability profile depends on responsible apiculture, traceable sourcing, and controlled wastewater from fermentation and filtration.

Is Saccharomyces/Honey Ferment Filtrate COSMOS-approved?

It is generally compatible with COSMOS-natural and COSMOS-organic approaches when produced with allowed fermentation inputs, processing aids, and preservatives. It fits Green Chemistry well through renewable feedstock use, aqueous processing, and good biodegradability.

How does Saccharomyces/Honey Ferment Filtrate work chemically?

This material is an aqueous it containing low-molecular-weight carbohydrates, organic acids, peptides, amino acids, minerals, and fermentation metabolites rather than one single defined molecule. It is typically used at low single-digit percentages in water-based phases, and preservation, microbial quality, odor, and pH control are the key co-formulation considerations.

Last updated 2026-05-15