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Lactobacillus

A lactic acid bacteria ferment, part of what helps keep the formula fresh.

Origin: FermentedLactobacillus is a group of lactic acid bacteria. On every list it sits next to coconut fruit extract, as a ferment.
Found in: 3 formulas: Sea Witch, Solar Plexus, Avalon
Also called: Lactic acid bacteria

What it is

Lactobacillus is a group of lactic acid bacteria, the kind used to make yogurt. On our lists it sits directly before coconut fruit extract, the way a Lactobacillus and coconut ferment is listed.

What it does

Ferments like this are used to help keep water-based formulas fresh, alongside the radish root ferment. It appears in Sea Witch, Solar Plexus and Avalon.

Why it’s clean

A fermentation-based ingredient. Any product that needs preserving uses only safe, COSMOS-approved preservative systems.

What clean means here

Found in

3 formulas.

Labels list ingredients from most to least, so where lactobacillus sits gives a rough idea of how much is in the formula.

LactobacillusLactobacillus

Sea WitchNo. 10 of 20

Solar PlexusNo. 6 of 8

AvalonNo. 15 of 16

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Sea Witch

No. 10 of 20 on Sea Witch’s label

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The Sea Witch label, in order

Water (Aqua)Coco-Glucoside Polyglyceryl-3 Oleate Glycerin Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate Xanthan Gum Citric Acid Sodium CitrateLactobacillusCocos Nucifera (Coconut) Fruit Extract Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Oil Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil Mentha Piperita (Peppermint) Oil Black Algae Extract Sodium Alginate Charcoal Powder Marine Phytoplankton (Nannochloropsis Oculata Extract)
*All Ingredients are naturally derived and sourced
Serum

Solar Plexus

No. 6 of 8 on Solar Plexus’s label

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The Solar Plexus label, in order

Water (Aqua)Glycerin (vegetable)Hydrolyzed silk Bee Pollen Extract Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment FiltrateLactobacillusCocos Nucifera (Coconut) Fruit Extract Sodium Alginate
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Avalon

No. 15 of 16 on Avalon’s label

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The Avalon label, in order

Aqua (Water)Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice Glycerin Vanilla Planifolia Fruit Water Theobroma Grandiflorum Seed Butter Caprylic/Capric/Myristic/Stearic Triglyceride Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter Cetearyl Olivate Sorbitan Olivate Cera Alba (Beeswax)Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract Mel (Honey) Extract Panthenol Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment FiltrateLactobacillusCocos Nucifera (Coconut) Fruit Extract

Same family

Ferments and freshness

Radish root ferment, Lactobacillus and coconut fruit extract: ferment ingredients of the kind used to help keep water-based formulas fresh. Any product that needs preserving uses only safe, COSMOS-approved preservative systems. See the whole family

Half a cracked coconut with bright white flesh on wet black basalt

Coconut fruit extract Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Fruit Extract Coconut extract, listed with Lactobacillus as part of a ferment that helps keep it fresh.

A small pool of pale ferment filtrate beside slices of fresh radish root on wet black basalt

Radish root ferment Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate A radish-root ferment used to help keep water-based formulas fresh. The familyFerments and freshnessSee them all