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Lactobacillus/Tomato Fruit Ferment Extract

The Beauty & Personal Care Brand Builder Series

Ingredient Deep Dive

Lactobacillus/Tomato Fruit Ferment Extract

The Tomato Postbiotic Ferment

Lactobacillus/Tomato Fruit Ferment Extract is a postbiotic active made by fermenting tomato fruit with Lactobacillus bacteria — a process that concentrates antioxidants and creates skin-friendly metabolites.

It is used to antioxidant-protect, soothe and support a balanced-looking complexion, pairing the goodness of tomato (lycopene-family antioxidants) with the benefits of fermentation.

Quick Insights

Ingredient Rating:

GOOD

Type of Ingredient:

Antioxidant and Soother

Intended Function:

A fermented tomato postbiotic used to antioxidant-protect, soothe and support a balanced-looking complexion.

Common Applications:

Used in moisturizers, serums and creams and treatment formulas.

Target Audience:

Clean-beauty and postbiotic-forward brands wanting a fermented antioxidant active.

Also Known As:

Lactobacillus/Tomato Fruit Ferment Extract, Fermented Tomato Extract

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Benefits of Lactobacillus/Tomato Fruit Ferment Extract

A fermented tomato postbiotic that defends, soothes and supports a balanced-looking complexion.

Antioxidant: Tomato-derived antioxidants help defend the look of skin from oxidative stress.
Soothing: Fermentation metabolites help calm the look of stressed skin.
Bio-Available: Fermentation makes the botanical’s actives more skin-ready.
Microbiome-Friendly: A postbiotic active with a balancing story.
Naturally Derived: From fermented tomato fruit.

How It Works

During fermentation, Lactobacillus bacteria break down the tomato fruit, concentrating its antioxidants and generating small, skin-ready metabolites (a postbiotic). Delivered to the skin, these help neutralize free radicals and soothe the look of environmental stress, while supporting a balanced, healthy-looking complexion.

Formulating with Lactobacillus/Tomato Fruit Ferment Extract

This ferment is water-soluble and added to the water phase at cool-down and at low levels to protect its actives. It pairs well with other antioxidants and postbiotics. Observe good manufacturing and preservation practice.

Safety Analysis

This ferment extract is well tolerated as a fermented botanical. As always, substantiate the finished product’s safety (e.g. patch / HRIPT testing) in line with MoCRA requirements.

References

https://incidecoder.com/ingredients/lactobacillus-tomato-fruit-ferment-extract

https://cosmeticanalysis.com/cosmetic-ingredients/lactobacillus-tomato-fruit-fer…

https://cosmetics.specialchem.com/inci-ingredients/lactobacillus-tomato-fruit-fe…

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