What is bio-fermentation technology?
Bio-fermented ingredients, just as has become an important component of cosmetic ingredients, such as: sk2Pitera, Estee Lauder two split yeast, Dr. Ai Er microbial skin care, are related to fermented ingredients; in addition, like some of the dosage of the ingredients: hyaluronic acid, ectoin, etc., is also more in the form of fermentation to obtain; like the beginning of the roll up of the anhydrous formulas, most of them are also used to ferment filtrates in place of water! ! So bio-fermentation is one of the four major categories of cosmetic raw material production forms important (three major raw material production forms: chemical synthesis, bio-fermentation, plants extraction, synthetic biology)!
⭕️ What is bio-fermentation technology?
Bio-fermentation technology is the use of microorganisms unique to certain functions, the use of modern bioengineering technology means, through industrial large-scale production of products or directly apply microorganisms in the product terminal. With the development of bio-fermentation technology and the product application of fermented raw materials in recent years, bio-fermentation technology is gradually becoming a new choice for cosmetic raw material technology.
⭕️ Bio-fermentation mainly has the following three forms of fermentation
The first, special proprietary strain fermentation.
Utilizing the special metabolic pathway of bacteria, the raw material is transformed into the biological process of the target product, and the process produces fermentation liquid, which contains raw material fermentation components and fermentation filtrate. For example, Pitera live cell yeast extract, Estee Lauder's Bifidobacterium bifidum cultivated bifidobacteria yeast fermentation product lysate.
The second, the use of fermentation technology instead of the traditional chemical synthesis of the monomer active ingredients obtained.
For example, in the early 1990s, the German BITOP company fermented and purified salinophilic bacteria, and successfully purified and isolated ectoin. It is through the fermentation of halophilic bacterial strains, and then extract ectoin, so also known as salt-resistant bacterial extract, the use of halophilic bacteria bacteria to produce ectoin technology is known as the bacterial milking process. Similarly, there are other hot ingredients such as sodium hyaluronate and ergothioneine.
The third type is plant fermentation
It's kind of like fermenting the plant instead of the original plant extract. The advantage is that the activity of nutrient enrichment through microbial fermentation is much greater than traditional plant extraction methods, while effectively reducing the toxicity of plant ingredients. For example: Centella asiatica fermentation liquid components, but also the current anhydrous formulations to replace water as a direction component.
⭕️ Advantages of bio-fermented raw materials in cosmetic applications
① Through the fermented product, the molecular weight is smaller, more close to the skin, good absorption, thus further improving the efficacy of the product.
② Fermentation product extracts bring a kind of subtle skin flora regulation in skin care, which can regulate the physiological activity of the skin. This subtle is like your intestinal discomfort, and then the doctor did not give you any medicine, but gave you a collection of probiotics, and then you ate, intestinal feel really good a lot.
③Lower risk: Through the transformation and decomposition of microorganisms, potentially harmful substances can be decomposed to reduce or eliminate potential unsafe risks.
