Glycine Max Whey Extract is an extract derived from the whey of Glycine max (soybean), obtained during the soybean processing. This extract contains proteins, peptides, amino acids, and minerals, providing nourishing, regenerative, and moisturizing benefits for skin and hair. Glycine Max Whey Extract is used in cosmetic products for its conditioning and regenerative properties, ideal for promoting skin vitality and strengthening damaged or fragile hair.
Chemical Composition and Structure
The extract contains plant proteins, peptides, essential amino acids (such as glycine, lysine, and arginine), and minerals. These bioactive components work together to stimulate cellular regeneration, strengthen the skin barrier, and improve hydration. The peptides and proteins present help nourish and strengthen skin and hair, protecting them from environmental damage.
Physical Properties
It is available in liquid or powder form, water-soluble, and easily incorporated into cosmetic formulations such as serums, creams, lotions, and masks. Its lightweight, non-oily texture makes it suitable for various skin and hair types, providing hydration and nourishment without leaving residues.
Production Process
Glycine Max Whey Extract is obtained during soybean processing, where soybean whey is separated and subjected to an extraction process. This process isolates and concentrates the proteins, peptides, and bioactive compounds, which are then purified for use in cosmetic products.
Applications
Medical: While primarily used in cosmetics, Glycine Max Whey Extract is being studied for its nourishing and regenerative properties, with potential applications in dermatological treatments.
Cosmetics: Glycine Max Whey Extract is used in skin and hair care products for its moisturizing, regenerative, and protective properties. In skincare, it helps improve elasticity, maintain hydration, and strengthen the skin barrier. In hair products, it nourishes and strengthens fragile hair, enhancing resilience and shine.
INCI Functions:
Hair conditioning agent. A significant number of ingredients with specific and targeted purposes may co-exist in hair shampoo formulations: cleansers, conditioners, thickeners, matting agents, sequestering agents, fragrances, preservatives, special additives. However, the indispensable ingredients are the cleansers and conditioners as they are necessary and sufficient for hair cleansing and manageability. The others act as commercial and non-essential auxiliaries such as: appearance, fragrance, colouring, etc. Hair conditioning agents have the task of increasing shine, manageability and volume, and reducing static electricity, especially after treatments such as colouring, ironing, waving, drying and brushing. They are, in practice, dispersants that may contain cationic surfactants, thickeners, emollients, polymers. The typology of hair conditioning agents includes: intensive conditioners, instant conditioners, thickening conditioners, drying conditioners. They can perform their task generally accompanied by other different ingredients.
Humectant. Hygroscopic compound used to minimise water loss in the skin and to prevent it from drying out by facilitating faster and greater absorption of water into the stratum corneum of the epidermis. The epidermis is the most superficial of the three layers that make up human skin (epidermis, dermis and hypodermis) and is the layer that maintains hydration in all three layers. In turn, the epidermis is composed of five layers: horny, the most superficial, granular, spinous, shiny, and basal. Humectants have the ability to retain the water they attract from the air in the stratum corneum and have the function of moisturising the skin. They are best used before emollients, which are oil-based.
Solvent. It is the substance for dissolving or dispersing surfactants, oils, dyes, flavourings, bactericidal preservatives in solution.In fact, it dissolves other components present in a cosmetic formulation. Solvents are generally liquid (aqueous and non-aqueous).
Skin conditioning agent - Humectant. Humectants are hygroscopic substances used to minimise water loss in the skin and to prevent it from drying out by facilitating faster and greater absorption of water into the stratum corneum of the epidermis. The epidermis is the most superficial of the three layers that make up the human skin (epidermis, dermis and hypodermis) and is the layer that maintains hydration in all three layers. In turn, the epidermis is composed of five layers: corneum, the most superficial, lucidum, granulosum, spinosum and basale. Humectants have the ability to retain in the stratum corneum the water they attract from the air and have the function of moisturising the skin. It is better to use them before emollients that are oil-based.
Environmental and Safety Considerations
Glycine Max Whey Extract is considered safe for cosmetic use. As a natural and biodegradable extract, it has minimal environmental impact. However, it is essential that the soy used for extraction comes from sustainable sources to reduce the ecological impact of intensive farming.
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